WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Transport and Commuter Category Airplanes.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 30 by Christopher R. Parker, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Summary: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all transport and commuter category airplanes equipped with a radio (also known as radar) altimeter. This AD was prompted by the determination that radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to perform their intended function if they experience interference from wireless broadband operations in the 3.7-3.98 GHz frequency band (5G Lower C-Band) while opera...