Widerøe plane forced to abort landing at Vardø airport due to GPS interference
September 16, 2025
The Independent Barents Observer
A Widerøe Dash-8 plane travelling from Vadsø to Vardø in Norway's northeastern-region could not land because of jamming of the GPS system. A major Russian military exercise is underway just a few tens of kilometres further east.
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