Overview

• An Airbus A330 of the Spanish Air and Space Force was flying to Lithuania’s Šiauliai air base with Defense Minister Margarita Robles aboard.
• The reported attempt to interfere with the GPS had no operational impact because the crew relied on protected military navigation signals.
• A commander on board downplayed the episode, saying similar GPS anomalies near Kaliningrad are common for civilian and military aircraft.
• Family members of deployed personnel and journalists were traveling on the flight accompanying the minister’s visit.
• Robles’s agenda in Šiauliai included a meeting with her Lithuanian counterpart under NATO-coordinated activities intended to deter Russia.