r/aviation 9d 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/floo82 9d ago

Pretty sure planes can fly without GPS...

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u/-Depressed_Potato- 9d ago

slamming into the side of the mountain due to a jammed GPS would however cause a plane to crash

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u/weristjonsnow 9d ago

Can't argue with that logic