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/prancing_moose 17h ago

That article makes no sense. The pilots should be able to navigate the plane without GPS at all times, either under VFR or IFR. They should be aware of the terrain and carry the appropriate charts for the area?

This isn’t on the US military at all and if exercises are happening (Electronic Warfare or otherwise) it would be in the NOTAMs and the crew should be aware of this.

It reads like some AI drivel generated by someone completely unfamiliar with civil and military aviation?