Cyber attack on Indian airports? Govt explains the scary threat that disrupted 400 flights last month.

The government confirmed that several major airports, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, detected GPS spoofing signals last month, but assured that flight operations were not affected, according to The Economic Times. In a reply to MP Niranjan Reddy, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said spoofing signals were picked up near the Delhi airport during GPS-based landing procedures on runway 10, with the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) deployed to trace the source.

Some flights reported GPS spoofing in the vicinity of IGIA, New Delhi while approaching on RWY 10, and contingency procedures were used for GPS-spoofed flights approaching RWY 10. The clarification was given in the Rajya Sabha amid growing concern over a recent navigation scare at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The report was published on 2 December 2025.