Event 309

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI",
    "EE",
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "continuous_summary": "GPS Jamming",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Estonia",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A second Finnair flight from Helsinki to Tartu was forced to return to Helsinki on Friday night due to GPS interference, with crew unable to safely land using navigation systems. This event follows a similar incident the previous night, raising concerns about deliberate jamming activities in the region.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-04-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Two consecutive days of Finnair flights unable to land at Tartu due to GPS jamming.",
    "Official acknowledgement of GPS interference reported by airline and Estonian authorities.",
    "Finnair suspends flights, citing unresolved safety risk.",
    "Estonian minister's statement attributing the incident to potential hybrid attack."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"On Friday night, a second Finnair plane, which was on its way from Helsinki to Estonia was forced to turn back as GPS interference meant it could not land in Tartu.\"",
    "\"For the second night in a row, a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Tartu had to return to Helsinki due to GPS interference.\"",
    "\"The plane's captain reported that the GPS signal was lost and therefore the landing could not be made safely.\"",
    "\"Finnair has announced the suspension of flights to Tartu for one month until a solution is found.\"",
    "\"Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut said the situation points to a deliberate hybrid attack, most likely orchestrated by Russia.\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609326360/second-finnair-flight-turns-back-from-tartu-due-to-gps-interference"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Two consecutive days of Finnair flights unable to land at Tartu due to GPS jamming.",
            "Official acknowledgement of GPS interference reported by airline and Estonian authorities.",
            "Finnair suspends flights, citing unresolved safety risk.",
            "Estonian minister's statement attributing the incident to potential hybrid attack."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Estonia",
      "notes": "Minister claims incident likely part of deliberate hybrid attack.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    },
    {
      "country": "Finland",
      "notes": "Finnair suspends Tartu flights for one month.",
      "status": "Update"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Second Finnair flight turns back from Tartu due to GPS interference",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Tartu Airport, Estonia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_309_1763922802_3886ccf2.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Now a second plane needed to turn around because of GPS jamming.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609326360/second-finnair-flight-turns-back-from-tartu-due-to-gps-interference"
  ],
  "summary_short": "A second Finnair flight in as many nights was forced to abandon approach and return to Helsinki due to GPS interference affecting air navigation systems at Tartu Airport.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609326360/second-finnair-flight-turns-back-from-tartu-due-to-gps-interference"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI EE BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "GPS Jamming",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI;EE;BSR",
  "Date": "27-Apr-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Now a second plane needed to turn around because of GPS jamming.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Now a second plane needed to turn around because of GPS jamming.\"Russian GPS jamming in and around ?? Estonia having an increasing impact. For two days in a row ?? planes are unable to land at the second biggest city in Estonia due to GPS jamming. Pretty disturbing. \"",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609326360/second-finnair-flight-turns-back-from-tartu-due-to-gps-interference",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}