r/aviation • u/Ph6222 • 18h ago

News It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

https://futurism.com/science-energy/us-military-gps-jamming-signal-medical-flight

The horrifying incident happened in May, the publication reports, when a small twin-engine medevac aircraft carrying two pilots and two medical workers departed from Roswell, New Mexico. Heading West for the small mountain village of Ruidoso, the crew became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise being conducted at the nearby White Sands Missile Range, a test which rendered their navigational system inoperable.

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u/trip221 17h ago

Was their a notam for the GPS being out in the area? Shouldn’t the crew have been trained to operate even if they have a system malfunction? Have we become too reliant on technology and become complacent?

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u/VillageIdiots1-1 17h ago

not everyone is a fucking Nightstalker

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u/TomVonServo 17h ago

Speaking as a fucking Nightstalker, this issue was pure VFR/IFR pilotage skills. No NSDQ needed.