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BBC News<\/a>: \u201cRussia is causing disruption to satellite navigation systems affecting thousands of civilian flights, experts say. […] The persistent disruption led Finland\u2019s flag carrier Finnair to suspend daily flights to Estonia\u2019s second largest city, Tartu, for a month, after two of its aircraft had to return to Helsinki due to GPS interference. \u00b6 Tartu Airport relies solely on GPS, unlike most larger airports which have alternative navigation systems that allow aircraft to land even if the signal is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC News: \u201cRussia is causing disruption to satellite navigation systems affecting thousands of civilian flights, experts say. […] The persistent disruption led Finland\u2019s flag carrier Finnair to suspend daily flights to Estonia\u2019s second largest city,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[1333,585],"class_list":["post-1830673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gps","tag-gps-spoofing","tag-russia","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844922,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/suspected-russian-gps-interference-affects-european-commission-presidents-plane\/","url_meta":{"origin":1830673,"position":0},"title":"Suspected Russian GPS Interference Affects European Commission President’s Plane","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 September 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Russia is suspected of engaging in GPS jamming that disrupted the navigation systems of a plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on a flight to Plovdiv, Bulgaria: BBC News, The Guardian, Reuters. It\u2019s the latest incident in which Russia has been accused of jamming or spoofing GPS\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GPS"","block_context":{"text":"GPS","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/gps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1831555,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/05\/cbc-news-on-russian-gps-jamming\/","url_meta":{"origin":1830673,"position":1},"title":"CBC News on Russian GPS Jamming","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 May 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xz8Yf4sUeCY CBC News reports on GPS jamming by Russia, which has closed the airport in Tartu, Estonia until authorities could install a backup ground-based beacon. Russia has been accused of messing with GPS signals for years, but the CBC report focuses on the idea that in this case the jamming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GPS"","block_context":{"text":"GPS","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/gps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Xz8Yf4sUeCY\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1819334,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/10\/gpsjam-maps-gps-interference\/","url_meta":{"origin":1830673,"position":2},"title":"GPSJam Maps GPS Interference","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 October 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"GPS Jam, created by John Wiseman, is an online map of GPS interference, updated daily, based on GPS accuracy information reported by aircraft. 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