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Inaccurate alternative ratings, which is crucial for a plane to land. how real are the concerns? >> that's right. if it wasn't a real concern, you wouldn't see so much agreement. what is interesting, we have the pilot unions and the airline and the faa all in agreement here. they want more time to research and test this. people hear the phrase "altimeter" which measures altitude. this is not the barometer altimeter that we're familiar with. this one is used for poor weather, visibility approach that you know your altitude above the ground. the fear is that the c ban spectrum electromagnetic in...

In a very low visibility approach. gives very precise information on the relative distance between the aircraft and the ground. >> reporter: the airlines, concerned that signals from 5g towers near airports will interfere with ray dr altimeters' readings in the cockpit. >> if it fails in low visibility, what happens? >> if a radar altimeter fails in low visibility, you better do a go-around right away or you're in trouble. >> reporter: airline ceos also concerned about the ripple effects, how the safety concerns could disrupt airlines' schedules, which have already been thrown into chaos. >> w...