MADRID: A plane carrying Spain’s defense minister suffered an attack on its GPS navigation while flying near Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday, a ministry source said, the latest such incident blamed on Moscow.
“There was an attempt to scramble the GPS signal” of the plane transporting Margarita Robles to Lithuania, the defense ministry source said, adding that the flight had an encrypted navigation system and was not “affected.”
“It seems to be normal on this trip, including for commercial flights” that pass close to the small territory wedged between EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania, the source said.
Robles appeared to blame Russia during a news conference with her Lithuanian counterpart Dovile Sakaliene at Lithuania’s Siauliai air base.
“We all have the right to fly and travel across all European territory without, as we experienced this morning, interference by everyone knows who,” Robles said.
