View from the control tower at Ben Gurion International Airport, on Novembe 15, 2018. Photo by FLASH9
Reuters: Israel says GPS mysteriously disrupted in its airspace but planes secure
JERUSALEM, June 26 (Reuters) - Israel is experiencing unexplained GPS disruptions in its airspace but measures are in place to allow safe landings and takeoffs at its main international airport, the government said on Wednesday.
The announcement by the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) followed a report on Tuesday by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) that "many" pilots had lost satellite signals from the Global Positioning System around Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
Confirming there had been GPS disruptions for approximately the past three weeks, an IAA statement said these affected only airborne crews and not terrestrial navigation systems.
Israeli authorities had worked from the outset to locate the source of the problem and fix it, it added.
Asked if an explanation for the disruption had been found, an IAA spokesman said: "No. I don't know."
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WNU Editor: Someone is messing around with the satellite feed, and I doubt that it is someone in the Israeli military or intelligence community that is doing this. So the option is either Syria, Iran via through Hezbollah, or some other actor.
Russia Responsible for GPS Disruptions in Israeli Airspace, Security Officials Believe
ReplyDeleteIsrael believes the disruptions are part of Moscow's attempts to protect its planes in northwest Syria ■ Russian ambassador calls reports 'fake news'
Protect Russian planes from what? Birds? Lol
ReplyDeleteIsrael’s Army Radio called the incident a “hostile attack,” reporting that an Israeli defence official has now been sent to Russia to discuss the disruption.
ReplyDeleteThe accusations come after Israel’s International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations on Tuesday revealed that “many” aeroplanes had lost signal from their GPS systems near the country’s Ben Gurion International Airport. Following the report, the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) was yesterday forced to stress that “measures are in place to allow safe landings and takeoffs” at the airport despite the disruption.
Stop launching airstrikes on Syrian soil and they won't have to deploy electronic measures near your border so heavily. Just when you think the barrel is empty the perpetual victim state finds themselves blameless yet again!
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