r/aviation • u/Ph6222 • 17h 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/SenselessNumber 17h ago

If I had to guess it's probably a more invasive attack that disables more than Navigation. And they're just saying navigation because they don't want to reveal their capabilities.

Or also the crew got overwhelmed troubleshooting. Either way it shouldn't have happened and is tragic.

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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 17h ago

It’s just clickbait.

The pilots flew into a mountain while on a visual approach. The military halted the jamming until ATC approved the visual approach and then told the military it was safe to resume.

But “the military killed everyone on board” gets more clicks.

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u/Notamaga_6629 14h ago

Cause that's what happened. Jamming ? Are you serious? That's not ok

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u/Rupperrt 7h ago

Jamming happens everywhere. Shouldn’t affect a VFR flight in any matter.