Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Finnish carrier suspends Estonia flights after GPS interference prevents 2 landings !

Finnish carrier suspends Estonia flights after GPS interference prevents 2 landings

Time:2024-05-22 10:03:02 source:Cosmic Coverage news portal

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s national carrier Finnair said Monday it is temporarily suspending flights to Estonia’s second largest city for a month after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu because of GPS disruptions.

The cause of the GPS interference that forced the two flights to return to Helsinki last Thursday and Friday was not immediately known, but Estonian officials blame GPS jamming in the region on Russia.

Plane approaches to Tartu Airport currently rely on GPS signals, said Finnair, which is the only airline to fly into that city. But there there are other navigational tools that can be used, and the airline said it would suspend daily flights there from April 29 to May 31 so that an alternate solution can be installed at the airport.

“Most airports use alternative approach methods, but some airports, such as Tartu, only use methods that require a GPS signal to support them,” said Jari Paajanen, Finnair’s director of operations.

Related information
  • Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial focuses on his wife's New Jersey home
  • MLB extends Draft League through 2030 season and announces plan to expand to eight teams
  • Kentucky governor predicts trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments
  • North Carolina congressional candidate suspends campaign days before primary runoff
  • Singapore Airlines: 1 dead, others injured after London
  • Photography exhibition by Italian journalist opens in Xi'an
  • Russian state media is posting more on TikTok ahead of the U.S. presidential election, study says
  • 2 horses fall and unseat their jockeys in 2nd race at Churchill Downs
Recommended content
  • France hits go
  • Should you really pay as much as possible into your pension? SIMON LAMBERT
  • Head of Greek extreme far
  • China's services trade reports rapid growth, travel services boom in Q1
  • Hush money trial: Trump witness Costello back on the stand after admonishment
  • China flays overseas talk about 'overcapacity'