Spain’s defence minister’s aircraft latest to report GPS interference
An A330 airplane carrying Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles experienced GPS interference while flying over Kalingrad, Russia, reports EU Today. The news outlet cites Spanish newspaper El Mundo as its source.
In August, a plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS jamming.
Robles was flying to in an aircraft belonging to the Spanish Air and Space Force. It was is “subjected to an attempt to throw it off course using GPS” over Kaliningrad as Robles was travelling to the Šiauliai air base in Lithuania on Sept. 24.
The pilot said incidents attempting to disorient pilots have been common for both commercial and military flights over Kaliningrad. Becausee this was a military craft, the plane was receiving instructions from a military satellite and the attempt failed.
Reports of GNSS interference have increased across the Baltic and adjacent regions since 2022, the beginning of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
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