Israel–Iran war: GPS interference and a tanker collision

What happened

Israel and Iran fought a twelve-day war from 13 June 2025 to 24 June 2025.^[6]

On 17 June 2025 the tanker Front Eagle collided with the tanker Adalynn about 25 nautical miles north-east of Khor Fakkan, UAE; Adalynn's 24 crew were evacuated.^[1]

Windward said Front Eagle had experienced sustained GPS and AIS interference beforehand, and that about 1,000 vessels were affected by interference in the region between 12 June and 15 June.^[1]

Front Eagle's operator, Frontline, called the collision a navigational incident unrelated to the conflict, and no source has shown that interference caused it.^[1][5]

What our map showed

Our map shows aircraft reporting low GPS position accuracy. It does not show who or what caused it. A day is a full UTC day, so short events can be diluted.

Ships use AIS, not ADS-B, so our map shows aircraft over the same waters, not the ships themselves.

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Affected share

94%

High-interference hexagons

48 of 51

30-day average

48%

2 times the 30-day average

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What others said

• Frontline operator of Front Eagle, quoted by Windward
  a navigational incident and not related to the current regional conflict 17 June 2025 · windward.ai
• UK Maritime Trade Operations quoted by Windward
  no indication that the incident was the result of hostile activity 17 June 2025 · windward.ai
• gCaptain maritime news site, citing the maritime centre MICA
  Reported that about 970 ships a day had experienced GPS interference in the region since the war began. 20 June 2025 · gcaptain.com
• GPSwise aviation interference tracker
  Said both air corridors between Europe and South and South-East Asia were affected by GPS interference. 22 June 2025 · gpswise.aero
• Dana A. Goward Inside GNSS
  GPS navigation signals were being actively interfered with in the area at the time. 25 June 2025 · insidegnss.com

Context

• Region page: Israel
• This day's page: 24 June 2025
• Possible causes: Conflict jamming

Sources

1. Windward. GPS Jamming Falsely Placed VLCC Front Eagle in Iran Prior to Collision, 17 June 2025.
2. gCaptain, Mike Schuler. GPS Jamming in Strait of Hormuz Raises Maritime Safety Concerns After Tanker Collision, 20 June 2025.
3. Windward. Middle East on the Precipice: GPS Jamming in the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz Disrupts 970 Ships Daily, 19 June 2025.
4. GPSwise. Iran-Israel conflict: Civil aviation between a rock and a hard place, 22 June 2025.
5. Inside GNSS, Dana A. Goward. GNSS Interference in Ship Collision, Fires, Grounding, 25 June 2025.
6. Wikipedia. Twelve-Day War.
7. Joint Maritime Information Center. JMIC Information Note 116, 17 June 2025, 17 June 2025.
8. The Guardian. Flying in the new age of conflict: the hotspots diverting flights and leaving pilots blind, 24 June 2025.

Cite this report

GPSInterference.com (2026). Israel–Iran war: GPS interference and a tanker collision. Report, 10 November 2026, updated 10 November 2026. https://gpsinterference.com/reports/2025-06-13-israel-iran-war-front-eagle. Data: adsb.lol ADS-B, method v2.

@misc{gpsinterference_2025_06_13_israel_iran_war_front_eagle,
  author = {{GPSInterference.com}},
  title = {Israel–Iran war: GPS interference and a tanker collision},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://gpsinterference.com/reports/2025-06-13-israel-iran-war-front-eagle}},
  note = {Report, updated 2026-11-10. Data: adsb.lol ADS-B, method v2}
}