continue tomorrow as planned. both telecom giants frustrated with the faa and airline industry for the delay. i think they were forced to do it. the outcry from the stakeholders that are directly involved in rolling out the 5g the pilots, the flight attendants are all speaking out aggressively. reporter: and tonight, several international airlines say they will cancel some flights into the u.s. starting tomorrow because of the uncertainty. 5g, which is already started to roll not some places in the u.s., provides faster data and cell service to our phones than the existing 4g capability. the problem? the airlines say the signals from 5g transmitter towers that are near airports operate on a frequency that s too close to the frequency of an instrument that s critical for the safety of passenger and cargo planes, the radar altimeter. this is used when aircraft gets closer to the ground on approach. it s absolutely mandatory that one of these things be operating well. as a matte
it s all said and done..take time we saw you yesterday. this sounds pretty scary. the airlines say this ere is real threat to your safety and they say this will only mean more delays and more cancellations. we ve seen about 1,000 on a typical day because of this 5g issue. what is at issue is the power from the 5g transmitter towers, especially when they are near airports. they operate on a similar radio spectrum to what is called a radar altimeter that airliners use, especially when they are low to the ground and those critic al moments right before landing. now the ceos of all of the major airlines have written the biden administration to say there should be another delay of the 5g rollout and already delayed by two weeks. it says the ripple effect across