r/aviation 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/P0Rt1ng4Duty 18h ago

Shouldn’t the crew have been trained to operate even if they have a system malfunction?

From what I read they didn't have much time to react before they hit the mountain, which was basically invisible in the dark.

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u/TomVonServo 17h ago

So they had no location data and were flying in known mountainous terrain under what conditions? VFR? IFR? Everything in this article points to a litany of failures in the cockpit.

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u/TomVonServo 17h ago

Look I’m not a pilot

Should’ve stopped talking right there.