Aircraft
UAV Crash in Korea Linked To GPS Jamming
Jamming of its GPS receiver may have contributed to the crash of a Schiebel S-100 Camcopter UAV in Korea. (Photo: Schiebel)
Jamming of its GPS receiver may have contributed to the crash of a Schiebel S-100 Camcopter UAV in Korea. (Photo: Schiebel)

Jamming of GPS signals by North Korea may have contributed to the fatal crash of a Schiebel S-100 Camcopter UAV near Incheon, South Korea, on May 10. The small helicopter crashed into its ground control van, killing a Schiebel engineer and injuring the two remote pilots, both Koreans. The jamming started on April 28 and disrupted passenger flights into Seoul’s two airports, Kimpo and Incheon. South Korean government officials told local media that the jamming originated from the border town of Kaesong.