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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Ryanair jet from Luton forced to abort landing due to 'GPS scrambling' near Russia

A Ryanair plane - (PA Archive)

A Ryanair flight from Luton Airport was forced to make an emergency stop due to “GPS signal interference” as it approached Lithuania.

The jet was instead forced to divert to Poland on Friday, despite already beginning its descent to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.

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