In recent days, illegal Armenian armed detachments in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily stationed, have intensified the use of radio frequency interference against GPS satellite navigation systems of passenger aircraft of local and foreign airlines flying through the airspace of Azerbaijan, Report informs, citing Ministry of Defense.
“As a result of the use of radio interference, from 10:15 a.m. to 10:23 a.m., there were degrades in the operation of the GPS satellite navigation system of the ATR-45 passenger aircraft of the Azerbaijan Airlines, which was flying on the Baku-Fuzuli route on August 21.
Although the command of the Russian peacekeeping forces was informed about this fact, no actions have been so far.
Radio-technical interference with the safety of civil aviation is unacceptable and contrary to the rules established by the international civil aviation organization,” MoD said.