“Thousands of British planes have been hit by Russian-launched jams. This is a very dangerous situation,” warns the British newspaper “The Sun”.
In a broad sense, electronic attacks do… Satnavs become uselessAirline pilots are unsure of routes and have difficulty telling others where they are.
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“False data forced planes to turn and dive to avoid obvious obstacles,” writes the daily. He thinks that From August 2023 to the end of March 2024, 2,309 Ryanair and 1,368 Wizz Air flights experienced problems with satellite navigation in the Baltic Sea region..
82 British Airways flights were also affected, along with 7 Jet2 and TUI flights and 4 EasyJet flights.
Based on a massive attack by hackers from Russia: Jamming of real signals from satellites including GPS and the European Galileo system. Generally, passengers do not know their flight is under attack.
“The Sun” spoke to experts at GPSJAM.org, who analyzed publicly available flight logs. In the Baltic Sea alone, 46,000 aircraft reported problems with satellite navigation between August and the end of March.
The number of suspected Russian attacks rose from less than 50 a week last year to more than 350 a week last month.
War expert Dr Jack Watling of the RUSI think tank notes “The Russians have long used GPS jamming as a harassment tool, implementing it along NATO borders.. (…) Wherever there is a large Russian garrison, GPS jamming can be observed. For example, this is the case in Kaliningrad. They have it turned on as a standard command.
European destinations are threatened by attacks by Russian hackers
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Ryanair, in a comment quoted by The Sun, said, “If any location systems such as GPS do not work, then The group switches to alternate settingsEasyJet emphasized that it has procedures in place to mitigate GPS issues.
Glenn Bradley of the British Civil Aviation Authority emphasized this Flying is one of the safest forms of travel.