GPS disturbances over Poland. The trail leads to Russia?
The Ryanair plane from Alicante to Bydgoszcz was redirected to Poznań. The reason was GPS signal interference.
More and more countries are starting to report problems with GPS signal interference. Finnish border and maritime transport services reported that as many as 84 such cases were recorded from January to May. Problems also appear in Poland.
GPS disturbances over Poland. The trail leads to Russia?
For several weeks, drone users on the Gulf of Gdańsk report that the devices at some point cease to react and fly away in different directions. Such incidents were recorded, among others on the Hel Peninsula.
– For several days we have received very disturbing signals from our friends from the industry or people who watched us that their drones were completely lost. The moment we flew a little higher, he lost contact with the satellites. There was a message that there is no GPS -based positioning. However, the drone itself was still fully controlled. You just had to fight a little more with the wind and try to maintain his position – said Wojtek Radwański, photographer and co -creator of the “Baltic” profile on Instagram.
– The Polish Air Navigation Agency in connection with the GNSS signal disruptions in the north of Poland has published information about the geographical zone for drone users determining the area of this phenomenon – said RMF FM Marcin Hadaj, PSP spokesperson.
According to unofficial findings, GPS signal disruption may come from the Russian Królewiec region.
GPS disturbances over Poland. Injured Ryanair passengers
On Monday, June 16, problems arose during the flight of the aircraft belonging to the Ryanair Irish airlines. The machine that flew from Alicante to Bydgoszcz was redirected to Poznań.
– We received information that due to the disruption of the GPS signal, the aircraft could not land with us. A decision was made by the pilot to redirect the aircraft to Poznań. After obtaining consent, the aircraft arrived with passengers from Alicante to the destination – explained in an interview with Interia Mateusz Dul, spokesman for the airport in Bydgoszcz.
He added that passengers who were waiting for a flight to Spain flew after less than three hours of delay.
