Estonia, together with the other Baltic and Northern European states, wants to tackle the Russian disruption of GPS satellite navigation in the Baltic Sea region. “We will discuss the problem with NATO allies and EU partners,” Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna wrote on X on Monday evening after talks with his counterpart from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden.
Estonia accuses neighboring Russia of being responsible for long-term interference with the GPS signal over the Baltic EU and NATO country. This is a “completely deliberate act” by which Russia is harming air traffic safety and violating international regulations, Tshanka said on Estonian radio. Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur made similar comments.
The GPS signal is used by aircraft to determine their own position and for navigation. Late last week, two Finnair planes had to be diverted after GPS interference prevented them from landing in Estonia’s second-largest city, Tartu. It is one of the few airports in the region where a GPS connection is required for this. The Finnish airline therefore announced that it would initially suspend its flights from Helsinki to Tartu.
Following the incidents, the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulation Authority (TTJA) sent its experts to Tartu to investigate the GPS interference. No interference with the signal on the ground was detected; it started at an altitude of about one mile in the airspace, a TTJA spokesperson told Estonian radio on Tuesday. This is a “side effect”. According to the TTJA, Russia is trying to protect itself from Ukrainian drone attacks by deliberately disrupting the GPS signal.
Source: Krone
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