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Bengaluru/New Delhi. Problems are being seen in the check-in system in many airports of the country since the morning of Wednesday 3 December. This is having a direct impact on flights. On Wednesday, 42 IndiGo flights had to be canceled at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. These include 22 arrival and 20 departure flights. A huge crowd gathered at the airport in Hyderabad, while in Delhi the check-in process had to be done manually.

Technical problem behind cancellation of flights

According to sources, arrivals had to be canceled in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Goa, Kolkata and Lucknow. At the same time, the cities whose flights were most affected include Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. On December 2 also, 20 IndiGo flights were canceled at Bengaluru Airport. An IndiGo spokesperson said, "Over the past few days, due to various reasons including technical issues, airport congestion and operational needs, we have had to delay many flights and cancel some. Our teams are working diligently to ensure that flight operations return to normal as soon as possible. We are also giving customers the option of alternative flights or refunds."

There was a cyber attack on Delhi airport on 5th November.

Last month on November 5, fake signals were detected in the GPS signals of planes in Delhi. Due to this, pilots received incorrect location and navigation data alerts. According to Air Traffic Control sources, the effect of GPS spoofing was seen in an area of ​​100 km in and around Delhi. GPS spoofing is a type of cyber attack in which false signals are sent to the navigation system. Due to this, the pilot or the system receives wrong data, which sometimes increases the possibility of technical fault in the flight and its going astray.

Government also accepted GPS spoofing

Let us tell you that on December 1, Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu himself admitted to GPS spoofing in Rajya Sabha. He told that wrong signals were sent to the planes. Due to this, more than 800 domestic and international flights were delayed, while 20 had to be cancelled. Let us tell you that DGCA i.e. Directorate General of Civil Aviation, two years ago i.e. in November 2023, had given instructions to all the airlines and airports to short out such cases and monitor and report them regularly. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said that whenever there is a problem in satellite navigation, flights are operated safely through the minimum operating network present in India. It runs on ground based conventional navigation and surveillance systems.