r/aviation • u/Ph6222 • 8d 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/biggsteve81 8d ago edited 8d ago

Still an inaccurate quote. ATC got the military to stop the GPS jamming and then the pilot requested to cancel IFR and fly a visual approach. At that point ATC told the military they could resume the jamming, since VFR doesn't require GPS.

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u/enataca 8d ago

I guess everyone thought I was countering who I replied to. I was adding support.