Nearly 123,000 Flights In Northern Europe Have Experienced Navigation Problems

Because of the Russian jamming of the GPS.

In the first four months of this year, 122.6 thousand flights in northern Europe experienced interference with GPS and other satellite systems due to Russia, according to a joint report by Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, SVT has learned. The countries noted that the situation poses a serious threat to international aviation security. In April alone, the disruptions affected an average of 27.4% or almost 43,000 flights in the region, and in some areas the figure exceeded 42%. These involved spoofing of navigation data and jamming of signals, with consequences ranging from incorrect positioning to system failures. Sometimes these could not be resolved until the aircraft arrived at its final destination.

A total of 365 airlines were affected. The countries have sent a report to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). "We assess the situation as serious as the number of disruptions continues to grow and is not decreasing," said Andreas Holmgren, head of department at the Swedish Transport Agency. Authorities were able to establish that the sources of the interference were located in Russia: in Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Smolensk and Rostov. European aviation authorities issued warnings for pilots and called on airlines to strengthen safety measures.

In August, it became known that the ICAO may deprive Russia of the rights to existing and new radio frequencies for civil aviation as a response to mass cases of jamming GPS in the Baltic Sea area. In late June, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania complained to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and then the same countries, along with Sweden and Poland, informed the ICAO about the activation of Russian electronic warfare equipment to interfere with aircraft, providing detailed figures.

After reviewing the data, the ICAO expressed "serious concern" about flight safety, saying that if Russia did not take measures to eliminate interference within 30 days, it would be considered a potential violation of international law. The ITU's board of directors in turn demanded that Moscow immediately stop the interference.

Russia began jamming GPS over European countries after the invasion of Ukraine. Interference is now recorded almost every day from Gdansk airport through busy Baltic Sea shipping lanes and into Estonian and Finnish airspace, Defense News noted.

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