Tag: GPS
GPS Jamming and Spoofing: GPS vulnerabilities that put flights at risk
GPS is not as simple and safe a technology as you might think, and there are two ways in which malevolent minds can disrupt its operation to such an extent that flight safety can be put at risk.
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How are planes tracked in flight?
Air traffic control has various means of tracking aircraft in flight, so as to be able to deal with any eventuality, even if it can still happen that an aircraft accidentally disappears from radar.
Long gone are the days when...
How does the autopilot work?
While everyone knows that pilots rely on an autopilot during flight, it's a subject that still intrigues many passengers, who wonder exactly what it does, how far it can go, and to what extent it takes charge of all...