Ľuboš Moščovič  Dec 31, 2024

Question folks... actually questions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-31/ryanair-flight-to-vienna-diverted-after-gps-jamming-die-presse

There are numerous incidents like this one where airplanes get into troubles allegedly because of the GPS jamming, again allegedly, by Russia.

I am not so deep into aircrafts, nor GPS or wide scale jamming (it's set of satellites if I'm not mistaken, right?)

So is there anyone to explain how this can be done?

  • affecting single aircraft
  • hundreds (800 by guesstimate Kaliningrad vs Viena) of kilometers in EU
  • how come the divert to Brno, which is really nearby could solve the problem
  • how come the commercial lines are reliant on just GPS? What about Galileo system? What about all those others "legacy" and/or ground systems for aircraft navigation?

#question #airport #aircraft #airline #gps #gpsjam #russia #russianwar #russianinvasion #schwechat #brno

Ryanair Flight to Vienna Diverted After GPS Jamming: Die Presse

A Ryanair Holdings Plc flight from Riga to Vienna was diverted to nearby Brno, in the Czech Republic, late Monday after two aborted landing attempts due to jammed GPS devices, according to Die Presse newspaper.

Bloomberg
Show threadAlexander Sosedkin 
@herrman_sk the Brno bit is handwaived with "better visibility", though the short-range landing-time navigation systems should've still worked. The rest is a total mystery until somebody actually divulge something of use, I guess.
Dec 31, 2024 at 4:42pmWeb