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A flight had to abort 2 landings and divert to another country after its navigation systems faced GPS jamming


The incident occurred on a flight operated by Lauda Air, a subsidiary of Ryanair, between the Latvian capital Riga and Vienna.

The incident occurred on a flight operated by Lauda Air, a subsidiary of Ryanair, between the Latvian capital Riga and Vienna on December 30. The plane, an Airbus A320, attempted two landings in Austria's capital city before being diverted to Brno in the Czech Republic, data from Flightradar24 shows. Per Die Presse, the captain said that because of poor visibility, it was safer to avoid landing in Vienna while the GPS faced interference.

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