DGCA issues advisory after reports of navigation interference in West Asia airspace

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued an advisory to airlines and the Airports Authority of India on ways to deal with instances of aircraft losing satellite signals, PTI reported on Friday.

The advisory was issued amid reports of several such instances having taken place in airspace in West Asia.

The authority listed ways to deal with threats from jamming and spoofing of the Global Navigation Satellite System, or GNSS, on which modern aircraft rely for navigation.