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Lukasz Olejnik Apr 29, 2024

On Thursday and Friday, two Finnair flights from Helsinki to the Estonian city of Tartu were forced by the GPS jamming to turn around and return to Finland as they were unable to navigate safely to their planned destination. https://www.ft.com/content/37776b16-0b92-4a23-9f90-199d45d955c3

Russian GPS jamming threatens air disaster, warn Baltic ministers

Interference with navigation signals blamed on Moscow has forced two Finnish flights to turn around mid-journey

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Kevin Karhan

@LukaszOlejnik I guess the fact that most systems only use #NAVSTAR-#GPS and not #COMPASS & #GLONASS as well complicate things.

Sadly to appeasr #US #hegemony interests, the #EU downgraded #Galileo into a #SBAS instead of a real, independent #GNSS, making it easier to jam than GPS!