Fresh terror fears have been raised over Egypt after pilots were warned hackers were attempting to disable planes electrical equipment at Cairo airport.
It is thought pilots are being targeted by ‘GPS jamming’ - where someone tries to disrupt the workings of electics used by planes on their approach to land.
It comes just days after the Egyptair tragedy , when a plane carrying 66 crashed en route from Paris to Cairo.
Details of the alert were contained in a warning known as a Notice to Airmen published on the Flight Service Bureau website.
The notice published on Tuesday said: “Egypt notified airlines that GPS jamming is a concern to arrivals and overflights, and warned against conducting RNP/RNAV arrivals or approaches.
“The jamming was announced on May 24, and is centred on Cairo Airport; the source is unknown.”
GPS jammers can be bought from the internet for as little as £80.
They can block signals used by GPS devices like mapping software on our mobiles and sat nave.
A jammer in London reportedly caused problems at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports in 2004.
(Culled from mirror.co.uk)
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