Finland’s national carrier Finnair is temporarily suspending flights to Estonia’s second largest city for a month after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last week because of GPS disruptions. The cause of the GPS interference that forced the two flights to return to Helsinki last Thursday was not immediately known.
FILE - A Finnair plane lands at the Helsinki International Airport in Vantaa, Finland, Monday April 19, 2010. Finland’s national carrier Finnair said Monday, April 29, 2024, it is suspending flights to Estonia ’s second largest city for a month after two incidents of GPS disruptions last week prevented the company’s planes from landing in Tartu and had to return to Helsinki.
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.
Finnair said GPS interference has been increasing over the past two years. “Finnair pilots have reported interference especially near Kaliningrad, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean,” the company said.Washington approves $228 million in US military aid to the three Baltic states, Estonia saysPaajanen said when the GPS isn’t being relied upon for airport approaches, disruptions to the service don’t typically result in safety issues.
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