Russia causes dangerous interference with passenger aircraft navigation systems

Russia is to blame for thousands of incidents of jamming of passenger aircraft’s navigation system (GPS) over the Baltic, Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean over the past eight months, the british press.

Newspaper article Sun reports that these cyberattacks are attributed to Russia and are described by experts as “extremely dangerous‘, as pilots are unsure of their course and have difficulty communicating with the operators of other aircraft. Thousands of flights have been hit by “extremely dangerous” Russian navigation system interference, experts say.

Between August and March, 46,000 flights reportedly recorded satellite navigation problems in the Baltic region. In the “high risk” countries are Cyprus, the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe in general, according to research by the British newspaper. In the low risk category is classified Hellas. “Countries that fall under the category of “high risk” in terms of blocking aircraft navigation systems and fly in their airspace include Cyprus and the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe in general,” the Sun research points out. The figures cited by the British newspaper result from research by a flight data analysis company.

The areas where most Russian cyber attacks have taken place are, among others, Bulgariathe Romania and the Turkey. In more detail, in the eight months to the end of March, there were 2,309 incidents of interference with British airline flights Ryanair1,368 in its flights Wizz Air82 in its aircraft British Airwaysseven in Jet2 and to TUI and four in EasyJet.

Suspected Russian attacks on satellite navigation systems were more than 350 per week last monththe researchers claim, adding that this is a significant increase from the 50 attacks (per week) recorded in March 2023.

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