Event 312

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple corroborating quotes from aviation experts and official airline action; incident has received national coverage and is tied to a systemic pattern of disruptions recognized by both Finnish and Estonian authorities.",
  "continuous_summary": "GPS Jamming",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Finland",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Due to persistent GPS interference affecting navigation approaches, Finnair may have to halt its flights to Tartu, Estonia unless a technical or procedural solution can be found. Ongoing signal disruptions, attributed to regional military signal scrambling, have forced the suspension of several flights and pose a significant risk to civil aviation.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-04-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Finnair flights to Tartu repeatedly affected by GPS interference",
    "Expert Sven Kukemelk: persistent GPS jamming likely originating from military activity in the region",
    "Finnair has temporarily suspended Tartu flights to allow for a solution to be found",
    "Several paragraphs describe aborted and diverted flights due to navigational signal loss"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Since navigation procedures at Tartu Airport are based on satellite signal, aircraft have been unable to land there safely whenever this has been disrupted.",
    "If a solution to the problem is not found, there is a risk Finnair will stop flying to Tartu altogether.",
    "The likely cause is mutual signal scrambling by countries in the region, aimed primarily at military or intelligence activities, but with collateral effect on civil aviation.",
    "Last week, Finnair announced a one-month suspension of flights to Tartu, after two of its planes were unable to land due to GPS interference.",
    "\"There is very little reason to expect GPS interference to stop,\" said Kukemelk."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Finnair flights to Tartu repeatedly affected by GPS interference",
            "Expert Sven Kukemelk: persistent GPS jamming likely originating from military activity in the region",
            "Finnair has temporarily suspended Tartu flights to allow for a solution to be found",
            "Several paragraphs describe aborted and diverted flights due to navigational signal loss"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "?? Estonia Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said that disrupting air traffic amounts to a hybrid attack and that he plans to broach the subject with allies.",
  "headline": "Expert: Finnair will have to discontinue Tartu flights if solution not found",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Tartu Airport, Estonia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_312_1763922925_60ccfa0d.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "?? Estonia Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna said that disrupting air traffic amounts to a hybrid attack",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609326783/expert-finnair-will-have-to-discontinue-tartu-flights-if-solution-not-found"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Finnair may permanently suspend Tartu flights due to repeated GPS interference.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609326783/expert-finnair-will-have-to-discontinue-tartu-flights-if-solution-not-found"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "GPS Jamming",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "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)": "https://news.err.ee/1609326783/expert-finnair-will-have-to-discontinue-tartu-flights-if-solution-not-found",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": " ?? Estonia Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said that disrupting air traffic amounts to a hybrid attack and that he plans to broach the subject with allies.  ",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": " ?? Estonia Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna said that disrupting air traffic amounts to a hybrid attack",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}