NgoLwesithathu, abakwa-Israel Airports Authority (IAA) bayiqinisekisile imibiko yokuthi abashayeli bezindiza “abaningi” bebelahlekelwa yizimpawu zabo zeGlobal Positioning System (GPS) phakathi nomoya, nokuthi inkinga ibisenzeka amasonto amaningi.

Iziphathimandla zezindiza zakwa-Israyeli zilahlekelwe ukuchaza izimo eziningi zabashayeli bezindiza abalahlekelwa ukuxhumana kwabo neziphuphutheki zokuma umhlaba ezungeze iBen Gurion Airport yaseTel Aviv.

I-IAA iphawule ukuthi lolu daba lubukeka luthinta kuphela izindiza ezisendizeni eduze kwesikhumulo sezindiza, nokuthi izinhlelo zomhlaba bezingathinteki nhlobo.

Yize izindiza zingathembele ngokuphelele ezinhlelweni ze-GPS, ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile ezifana nokufika okungabonakali kahle zingaba ithuluzi elibalulekile lokuphepha. Ngaphandle kokukhathazeka okunjalo, i-IAA iqinisekise ukuthi "asikaze sibe khona isehlakalo sokuphepha esivela ekuphazanyisweni kwe-GPS esimeni sokunemba kwamaphaseji okuhamba nezindiza."

Lokho kusho ukuthi, i-IAA iqaphele ukuthi namanje ayinalo ulwazi lokuthi yini ebangela ukuphazamiseka. UMnyango Wezokuvikela wakwa-Israyeli uthe awukazibandakanyi nalesi simo, bakubiza ngokuthi yi-IAA okwamanje.

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Despite such concerns, the IAA assured that “at no stage has there been a safety incident stemming from the GPS disruption in the context of the precision of navigation and flight corridors.
The Israeli Defense Ministry said that it has not yet gotten involved in the situation, calling it an IAA matter for the time being.
That said, the IAA noted that it still has no idea what is causing the disruptions.