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Attributes | |
ACN | 1670229 |
Time | |
Date | 201907 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZLC.ARTCC |
State Reference | UT |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | A320 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | GPS & Other Satellite Navigation |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38 Flight Crew Total 14431 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While en route over eastern nevada we were zapped by military jamming and lost all GPS and INS navigation. Initially this caused some confusion in the flight deck as multiple ecams were rolling through and initially we didn't know the why. We drifted left of course by approx a mile and were correcting back to an initial heading when ATC called to issue us a new heading towards inoye. I assumed the flying pilot duties and instructed the first officer to run the ECAM and pilot monitoring duties. Approximately 10 minutes later; we heard other aircraft telling ATC that navigation/transponder or auto flight failures were occurring. That was when we first heard of the military jamming going on in the warning area. We continued for another 20-30 mins on ATC issued headings and regained internal navigation capability.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Airbus Captain reported experiencing GPS interference during cruise.
Narrative: While en route over eastern Nevada we were zapped by military jamming and lost all GPS and INS navigation. Initially this caused some confusion in the flight deck as multiple ECAMS were rolling through and initially we didn't know the why. We drifted left of course by approx a mile and were correcting back to an initial heading when ATC called to issue us a new heading towards INOYE. I assumed the Flying Pilot duties and instructed the First Officer to run the ECAM and Pilot Monitoring duties. Approximately 10 minutes later; we heard other aircraft telling ATC that navigation/transponder or auto flight failures were occurring. That was when we first heard of the military jamming going on in the Warning Area. We continued for another 20-30 mins on ATC issued headings and regained internal navigation capability.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.