Published 11 days ago

UK flights are facing ‘extremely dangerous Russian jamming’: Report

Russia jammed the satellite signal on an aircraft carrying UK defense minister Grant Shapps near Kaliningrad, disrupting GPS for 30 minutes.
Thousands of UK flights faced significant disruptions due to the suspected Russian jamming, causing safety concerns for pilots.
Increased incidents of jamming by Russia have led to planes making evasive maneuvers to avoid false 'obstacles' in the Baltic region.

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The Guardian

Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming

About 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says reportFlights in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been affected by suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.More than 2,300 Ryanair flights have reported incidents of GPS interference since last August, according to a report, as well as almost 1,400 at Wizz Air, 82 at British Airways and four from easyJet. Continue reading...

12 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

British Flights Face "Extremely Dangerous Russian Jamming": Report

Jamming interrupts the satellite signals, including GPS, from reaching the aircraft and tricks the pilots into thinking they are somewhere they are not.

12 days ago·New Delhi, India

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Daily Mirror

Thousands of Brit holiday flights 'attacked by Russian jamming' in huge air safety threat

Thousands of flights across Europe were reportedly blighted by crippling jamming attacks aimed to throw pilots off and make them believe they need to avoid obstacles that are not actually there

12 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

How Russia 'targeted thousands of flights with electronic attacks' for years

Civilian aircraft have been targeted regularly, an expert has said (Picture: Getty) In recent months, more and more civilian aircraft have been hit with electronic jamming, wiping out their GPS systems and other vital navigation tools. But the phenomenon, while terrifying, is not new. Russia is suspected to have been targeting aircraft systems for years, but only recently caught attention for affecting RyanAir, Wizz-Air, British Airlines, Easyj…

12 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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