PARIS: Incorrect global positioning system (GPS) signals that affect on-board plane systems and complicate the work of airline pilots are surging near conflict zones, industry employees and officials said.

A ground collision alert sounds in the cockpit, for instance, even though the plane is flying at high altitude — a phenomenon affecting several regions and apparently of military origin.

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