Overview
- More than 800 flights were delayed and at least 20 were canceled after an air traffic control messaging failure at IGI Airport on November 7.
- Pilots reported false position data and spurious terrain warnings within roughly 60 nautical miles of Delhi, consistent with GPS spoofing reports.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India are participating in the investigation launched by the NSA’s office.
- Controllers shifted to ground-based systems and crews used manual navigation as several flights diverted to nearby airports including Jaipur and Lucknow.
- The NCSC under Navin Kumar Singh is coordinating with agencies such as CERT-In and MeitY while investigators collect technical and operational evidence.