Baku: Armenian bandits threaten passenger planes with no reaction from Russian peacekeepers

The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry has said that in recent days, Illegal Armenian armed detachments in Azerbaijan’s territory, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily stationed, have intensified the use of radio frequency interference against GPS satellite navigation systems of passenger aircraft of local and foreign airlines flying through the airspace of Azerbaijan.

“As a result of the use of radio interference, from 10:49 to 11:16, there were degrades in the operation of the GPS satellite navigation system of the ATR-45 passenger aircraft of the Azerbaijan Airlines, which was flying on the Baku-Fuzuli route on July 24, from 14:48 to 15:25 - in the operation of the GPS satellite navigation system of the passenger aircraft C-680 of the Czech Airlines, which was flying on the Budapest-Baku route on July 25, from 14:08 to 14:30 and from 15:04 to 15:26 – in the GPS satellite navigation system of the ATR-45 passenger aircraft of the Azerbaijan Airlines, flying on the Baku-Gabala route and in the opposite direction on July 27,” the ministry said in a statement, Caliber.Az reports.

According to the ministry, the command of the Russian peacekeeping forces was informed about these facts and the same accidents that took place earlier.

“No measures have been taken by the Russian peacekeeping forces to date against these provocations, which pose a serious threat to the security of flights passing through Azerbaijan’s airspace,” the ministry added.