Thousands of Brit holiday flights attacked by ‘extremely dangerous Russian jamming’ in major threat to air safety [Video]

THOUSANDS of British holiday flights have been hit by suspected Russian jamming — with aviation sources branding the tactic “extremely dangerous” and a major threat to air safety.

The electronic attacks render satnavs useless so aircraft are unsure of routes and struggle to tell others where they are.

Bogus data forced planes to swerve and dive to avoid phantom obstacles that were not really there.

Industry sources warn it is extremely dangerous.

In eight months to the end of March, 2,309 Ryanair flights and 1,368 Wizz Air planes logged satnav problems in the Baltic region.

Also hit were 82 British Airways flights, seven from Jet2, four EasyJet flights and seven operated by TUI.

Interference from Vladimir Putin’s forces includes jamming and spoofing.

Jamming drowns out genuine signals …