An RAF jet carrying the defence secretary had its signals jammed as it flew near the Russian border this week.
John Healey was travelling back to the UK from Estonia, where he had been visiting British soldiers, when the electronic attack happened, according to The Times.
It is thought Russia was behind the incident on Thursday, which meant that smartphones and laptops were unable to connect to the internet and pilots had to use a different navigation system as the plane’s GPS was disabled for the entire three-hour flight.
It is not known if Mr Healey was deliberately targeted, but the flight path was visible on aircraft tracking websites, the newspaper reported.
Passengers, who included photographers and a reporter, were told the Dassault Falcon 900LX aircraft could still operate…
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