John Healey returned from Estonia on Thursday, where he met British troops deployed in that country. “The satellite signal from his government plane was interruptedâ€indicates Sunday The Timesincluding a journalist who was on board the aircraft.
The Royal Air Force plane carrying British Defense Minister John Healey this week suffered jamming of its GPS signal during a flight near the Russian border, according to the newspaper The Times.
As he returned from Estonia on Thursday, where he had gone to meet British troops deployed in that country, “the satellite signal from his government plane was interrupted”indicates the daily on Sunday, of which a journalist was on board the aircraft.
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The Polish precedent
Phones and computers could no longer connect to the internet and pilots had to use alternative methods to determine the plane’s location during the three-hour flight.
According to the daily, Russia is suspected of being behind this incident, which is not the first of its kind.
In 2024, the plane transporting from Poland the Minister of Defense of the conservative government of the time Grant Shapps also suffered jamming of its GPS signal while passing near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
Downing Street had indicated that this type of jamming was not unusual near the Russian enclave. The British Ministry of Defense declined to comment.
