Ryanair, British Airways, Jet2 and easyJet planes flying in and out of the UK are among thousands of commercial flights to have experienced suspected Russian “spoofing” of onboard GPS systems in the last year.
Between 28 May last year and 28 May this year, at least 3,300 Ryanair flights reported manipulation of GPS systems
The same was reported for more than 1,500 British Airways flights, 57 Jet2 flights and 46 easyJet flights, according to data provided by SkAI Data Services.
The majority of incidents occurred in eastern Europe, near the Russian border, where the Kremlin is accused of basing permanent GPS jammers.
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