ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s transport minister said Monday that a major radio communications disruption that closed the country’s airspace…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s transport minister said Monday that a major radio communications disruption that closed the country’s airspace a day earlier was unlikely to have been a cyberattack, although the cause remains under investigation.
Flights across Greece were grounded, diverted or delayed for several hours on Sunday after noise pollution was reported on multiple air traffic communications channels.
“It does not appear to be a cyber attack,” Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Christos Dimas told public broadcaster ERT.
He described the disruption as “a very serious incident” but stressed that the safety of passengers was never compromised.
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority said noise through all channels, including backup systems, was the cause of the closure, which lasted several hours before operations were gradually restored.
Incoming flights were diverted to several countries in the region, causing a major backlog and stranding thousands of passengers.
The Air Traffic Controllers’ Association said the outage underscored its calls to modernize and replace aging equipment.
A judicial investigation and an internal investigation into the cause of the malfunction were launched on Monday.
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