Event 4afb7497-7f10-4099-aa12-4af921976b7b

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: EW Country: Estonia Country: Finland Country: Baltic Sea Region Attack Type: Electronic Warfare

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609326783/expert-finnair-will-have-to-d...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Expert: Finnair will have to discontinue Tartu flights if solution not found

Short Summary: Finnair may permanently suspend Tartu flights due to repeated GPS interference.

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.

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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.

Source

https://news.err.ee/1609326783/expert-finnair-will-have-to-discontinue-tartu-flights-if-solution-not-found