# GPS Jamming Disrupts Flights in Northern Norway! ✈️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/gps-jamming-disrupts-flights-in-northern-norway/293960>\
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**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/gps-jamming-disrupts-flights-in-northern-norway/293960 "2024-10-18T22:53:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/gps-jamming-disrupts-flights-in-northern-norway/293960/1 "2024-10-18T22:53:10Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Prevalent GPS Jamming**  
In northeastern Norway, particularly in the **Finnmark** region, constant **GPS jamming** has become a serious issue for pilots, affecting flight safety.

2. **New Normal for Authorities**  
Norwegian authorities have stopped logging GPS jamming incidents, acknowledging that these disruptions have become a regular occurrence that pilots must navigate.

3. **Engineering Insights**  
**Nicolai Gerrard** , a senior engineer at **NKOM** , noted that the ongoing jamming is now seen as an unwanted but normalized situation, causing concern for aviation safety.

4. **Impact on Pilots**  
Pilots, like **Odd Thomassen** from Wideroe Airlines, report experiencing GPS jamming almost daily, typically lasting between **six and eight minutes** at altitudes above **6,000 feet**.

5. **Adaptation Required**  
With jamming affecting navigation, pilots are forced to adapt their flying strategies to ensure safe operations amid these technological disruptions.

**Read more at:** [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/gps-jamming-is-screwing-with-norwegian-planes/)