A RYANAIR flight from the UK was forced to abort landing due to a mysterious GPS interference issue near Nato’s border with Russia.
The jet and it’s passengers, about to land in Lithuania, were forced to desperately divert to Poland.
A Ryanair flight from the UK was forced to divert at the last minuteGetty
This flight – which departed from London’s Luton airport on Thursday – had started it’s decent into Vilnius Airport before it made a quick change.
The plane started lowering into the airport before it desperately lifted off again and flew 400 kilometres away into Warsaw, Poland.
A spokesperson for Lithuania’s air navigation confirmed the plane experienced a “GPS signal interference” and the quick decision was made by the pilot.
They said on Friday: “All other planes were landing at the airport as usual.”
The shock move, so close to Russia’s border with Nato, came after Estonia and Finland blamed Russia for jamming GPS navigation devices in the region’s airspace last year.
Lithuania’s Defence Minister confirmed a investigation was launched into the worrying incident, so close to the Nato border.
Russia has denied these claims but a European airport suspended all of it’s flights for an entire month last year due to the “extremely dangerous” issue.
Estonia’s second largest airport in Tartu had to dramatically cancel their flights for weeks after two Finnair flights were forced to return to Helsinki.
Several airports in eastern Finland were even forced to reintroduced radio navigation equipment, in wake of the terrifying trend.
Thursday’s incident has not been the only one to affect Vilnius airport in recent months.
Over 800 instances of GPS interference have been reported over the last three months of 2024, Lithuanian air navigation said.
This shocking number was a huge jump from the 124 reported over the same time in 2023.
Putin reportedly holds a top secret war weapon dubbed Tobol, known to severely jam plane signals.
This piece of evil Russian technology has been commonly used to interfere with the GPS guidance of airliners and ships along Nato’s Eastern peripheries.
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