The Ministry of Civil Aviation has revealed that global positioning system (GPS) spoofing and signal interference have been detected around several major airports, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the Civil Aviation minister confirmed that spoofing activity was reported near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Further, the minister said the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) has been tasked with identifying the source of the interference. The Airports Authority of India has also requested WMO’s assistance to trace the origin of the spoofing signals.
