Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Suspected GPS jamming event approaching waypoint DARIX (N3558.0/E4418.2) at FL 340. Noted no GPS available for approximately 1 minute; then became available again for a couple minutes; then no GPS available for approximately 16 minutes until normal GPS signal approaching VOR station SRT in Turkey. Suspected GPS jamming occurred through an external source.
Air carrier Captain reported experiencing jamming of GPS signal at FL340 while flying in Iraqi airspace.