A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land using paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disabled navigation systems at a.
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land using paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disabled navigation systems at a Bulgarian airport on Sunday. Sources tell the Financial Times that the jet lost all electronic navigational aids as it neared the airport, forcing the crew to circle for an hour before landing manually using paper maps. Bulgarian air traffic authorities confirmed the GPS outage, describing a spike in GPS disruptions—jamming and spoofing—since early 2022, which they say have increasingly complicated aircraft operations.
