EU leader’s plane targeted by GPS jamming; Russian interference suspected
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation.
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation.
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What happened during the incident
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The European Union accuses Russia of allegedly interfering with the navigation system of a plane carrying the European Commission president on Sunday.
The Oconee County Regional Airport said it has closed for landings after a plane slid off the runway during a landing on Saturday.
The incident happened on the same lake where two women died in a boat accident two days earlier
Plane for Ursula von der Leyen’s four-day tour of ‘front line’ states on EU’s eastern flank landed with ‘paper maps’.
One person died and several were injured after two small planes crashed mid-air at the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport Sunday.
“We have received information from Bulgarian authorities that they suspect this interference was carried out by Russia.”
The plane circled the airport for an hour before the pilot decided to land the plane manually using analog maps. “It was undeniable interference,” the official said.
The GPS system of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was jammed while en route Sunday to Bulgaria, an EU spokesperson said on Monday, confirming earlier media reports.
A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN.
Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying EU commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps