Navigation systems of planes flying over a pig farm were affected by the farmer’s efforts to prevent a drone attack by criminal gangs spreading African swine fever. Photo: AFP

China flight systems jammed by pig farm’s African swine fever defences

Reports of criminal gangs using drones to spread infection led to installation of jamming device
Unauthorised equipment interfered with navigation systems of planes flying overhead

Topic | China Society

Mandy Zuo in Shanghai

Published: 5:15pm, 20 Dec, 2019

Updated: 8:01pm, 20 Dec, 2019

Navigation systems of planes flying over a pig farm were affected by the farmer’s efforts to prevent a drone attack by criminal gangs spreading African swine fever. Photo: AFP

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Mandy Zuo

Mandy Zuo joined the Post in 2010 and reports on China. She has covered a wide range of subjects including policy, rural issues, culture and society. She worked in Beijing before relocating to Shanghai in 2014.