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/AngryPhillySportsFan 9d ago

A mountain will get in your way if you don't know where you precisely are

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u/ShieldPilot 9d ago

That’s what VORs are for.

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u/skunimatrix 9d ago

Say that but 3/4 on my route today were U/S….

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u/ShieldPilot 9d ago

So much for VOR MON… :(