Overview

• Spain’s Defence Ministry confirmed that an Air and Space Army A330 carrying Margarita Robles experienced GPS interference while overflying Kaliningrad on Sept. 24 en route to Lithuania.
• The crew reported no danger, said the situation was resolved quickly, and noted the aircraft benefits from military satellite support, allowing the flight and the minister’s program to proceed.
• Passengers included family members of Spanish personnel deployed to the Vilkas mission and journalists traveling to the Siauliai air base visit.
• A flight commander said such interference is common near Kaliningrad, can affect civilian and military aircraft, and is intended to disorient pilots.
• The incident follows a navigation failure on Ursula von der Leyen’s aircraft this month that Bulgarian authorities linked to suspected Russian jamming, which Moscow denies, as regional reports note a surge in cases since 2022.