Commercial airlines are being routinely “jammed” or “spoofed” by military powers including the Russians, a pilot has told The Telegraph.
Flight decks on passenger planes have suffered satellite and communications blackouts triggering warning alerts as Global Positioning System (GPS) systems are attacked and either disabled or deceived.
A series of internal messages, seen by The Telegraph, which were sent to pilots at one airline also expose the “widespread” problem affecting airspace over war zones and regions experiencing increased military operations or border tensions.
Last 46 hours Baltic Jammer has been running in south Baltics.
At least 873 unique aircrafts has had their navigation equipment jammed. Each one a passenger jet filled with civilians.
E.g. Ryanairs SP-RKS has been without GPS for at least 2 hours going in and out of Vilnius. pic.twitter.com/hMWhKzbaiH
— Markus Jonsson (@auonsson) March 16, 2024
h/t Mauser
