In this case, GPS is used to help land aircraft using ground-based augmentation systems (GBAS). They are steadily deployed, but their operation can be disrupted when interference and jamming signals are in an airport’s vicinity. A clear example of the threat is Newark Liberty International ...
Bahetoukilae explained that she purchased a ticket from New Jersey’s Newark Airport to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle (a 7 ½ hour flight), but ended up flying nearly 3,000 miles in the wrong direction to San Francisco.Before her Paris flight, she says she went to the gate number that ...