Science & Technology
An Air India flight from Vienna to Delhi was diverted after suspected GPS signal spoofing over the Middle East disrupted navigation systems, leading to failures in autopilot, autothrust, flight director, and autoland functions.
GPS spoofing is a cyberattack where fake GPS signals are transmitted to deceive receivers into calculating false position or time data. Attackers typically use ground-based transmitters that overpower genuine satellite signals, causing the aircraft’s navigation systems to lock onto the counterfeit ones.
Such incidents highlight growing cybersecurity risks to global aviation systems reliant on satellite-based navigation.
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