“Russia condemns us to death with a new weapon”: Thousands of passenger planes over Europe do not know where they are flying
Thousands of passenger planes, mainly carrying tourists, have been affected by Russian jamming attacks and literally do not know where they are flying.
The attacks confuse the satellite navigation of the planes, which poses a great danger to all passengers and a real risk of fatal accidents. It often happens that communication with the ground and between machines in the air is completely silenced, reports the DailyMail.
Pilots told the publication that it often happens to them to take complex maneuvers to get around an obstacle in the air that the systems identify as another plane. However, such does not exist.
An estimated 2,309 Ryanair flights and 1,368 Wizz Air planes reported satellite navigation problems in the Baltic region, near Russia, in the eight months to the end of March. Around 82 British Airways flights, seven Jet2 flights, four EasyJet flights and seven TUI flights were also affected.
“If any location system, such as GPS, is not functioning, then the crew switches to alternative systems,” Ryanair said.
Vladimir Putin’s meddling also includes jamming and tampering. Jamming attacks disrupt real signals from satellites, including GPS and Europe’s Galileo system.
The European Aviation Safety Agency said in January that there were jamming problems.
“We have seen a sharp increase in attacks against these systems, which poses a safety risk,” said the agency’s Luke Titgat.
Last month, The Mirror reported how British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps’ plane was attacked by hackers on its way back from Poland. According to GPSJAM, which monitors jamming cases around the world, there are numerous European destinations experiencing high levels of interference.
Areas reported to have experienced moderate to high levels of jamming in the past month include Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Cyprus.
04/22/2024, 4:21 p.m
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