Overview
- National security adviser Ajit Doval’s office has opened a coordinated investigation following last week’s navigation disruption at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- The inquiry is being supervised by National Cybersecurity Coordinator Navin Kumar Singh with participation from CERT-In, MeitY, the DGCA and the Airports Authority of India.
- More than 800 flights were delayed on November 7, at least 20 were canceled, and several were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow after an ATC-linked tech glitch.
- Pilots approaching Delhi reported false aircraft positions and misleading terrain alerts within about 60 nautical miles, prompting a shift to ground-based procedures.
- Security and aviation agencies are compiling nationwide reports, including interference around Amritsar, as the civil aviation ministry studies patterns alongside earlier 2023–24 incident clusters.