00:01Bulgarian officials have denied claims they suspect Moscow of jamming the GPS signal of a plane-carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
00:11It comes just days after the Commission cited Bulgarian authorities as suggesting that the incident was due to blatant interference from Russia.
00:19Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosenzelietskov told Parliament on Thursday that von der Leyen's plane had not experienced prolonged interference or jamming.
00:27In a later statement, the Bulgarian Premier noted that although no jamming was detected by ground instruments, on-board devices could have detected it.
00:37Von der Leyen's plane, according to tracking data, appears to have circled around for nine minutes before landing at Plovdiv airport.
00:45Some analysts believe the plane's GPS signal could have fallen victim to spoofing instead of jamming.
00:51Spoofing is a highly sophisticated practice largely accessible to state-level actors and is undetectable by conventional instruments.
01:00A telecommunications engineer told Euronews that a plane with a good signal, going around in circles, is usually an indicator of spoofing.
01:09Other analysts believe the aircraft's GPS could have simply been malfunctioning, which would also explain the incident.
01:16Zelietskov says he's ordered authorities to carry out further investigations into the issue.
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