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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “In 2021, there was a safety alert to operators where the FAA warned, and here I am quoting, 'the receiver on the radio…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
In 2021, there was a safety alert to operators where the FAA warned, and here I am quoting, 'the receiver on the radio altimeter is typically accurate, however it may deliver erroneous results in the presence of out-of-band radio frequency emissions from other frequency bands.'
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses FAA's warning about potential interference from 5G on aviation safety equipment.

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