Russia appears to be jamming airline GPS systems in the Baltic region, and it’s wreaking havoc with airlines.
The Guardian reports that more than 2,300 Ryanair flights have reported incidents of GPS interference since last August, according to a report, as well as 82 at British Airways and almost 1,400 at Wizz Air.
Using public flight logs, researchers from GPSJAM.org and The Sun found that 46,000 aircraft reported sat-nav problems while in the Baltic region between August 2023 and March 2024.
An aircraft’s GPS could be spoofed to mislead the flight crew into believing they are somewhere else, at a different altitude or even flying at a different speed.