How electronic warfare is affecting civilians and aviation [Video]

About 36,000 feet in the air en route from Doha, Qatar, to Madrid, Víctor Alegre, a commercial pilot, heard his GPS alert him that he was 1,800 feet from the ground. He knew this was an error, but one he had never experienced before in his 33 years of flying as a commercial pilot.

This interruption is an example of GPS spoofing, a technology that has started to be used more commonly in modern warfare. GPS spoofing occurs when the GPS signal is intercepted by a third party and incorrect information is relayed back to the device.

The GPS spoofing incident Alegre experienced on March 27 aligns with data collected by SkAI Data Services, showing numerous flights that had spoofed locations to Cairo and Beirut.

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Alegre shared footage …