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"Flights 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.
About 46,000 aircraft in total have logged problems with GPS over the Baltic
Sea in the same time period, the Sun reported, based on analysis of flight logs
with the website GPSJAM.org. Most of the GPS problems reported on the website
have come in eastern Europe, bordering Russia.
The satellite-based GPS forms part of an aircraft’s navigation system, and
interference can pose a safety risk.
The UK government confirmed in March that an RAF plane carrying the defence
secretary, Grant Shapps, had its GPS signal jammed while flying near the
Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, while heading back to the UK from
Poland.
Although Downing Street said the move did not threaten the safety of the
aircraft, a defence source described it as “wildly irresponsible”.
The International Air Transport Association and the EU Aviation Safety Agency
(Easa) held a summit in January to discuss GPS jamming and “spoofing”, or
sending bogus signals, with Easa reporting a sharp rise in the number of
attacks."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
