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GPS disruptions affecting aircraft operating in and around Piarco International Airport have been linked to escalating military tensions in the southern Caribbean, according to a report published by The New York Times over the weekend.
The report stated that pilots from Caribbean Airlines and Copa Airlines alerted air traffic controllers that their navigation systems were being jammed, forcing controllers to guide aircraft by radar to ensure safe landings.
“A pilot of a different commercial flight that day, operated by Caribbean Airlines, bluntly told an air traffic controller that his navigation systems were being jammed before asking to be guided into Trinidad,” the report stated.
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