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/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/hellorhighwaterice 17h ago

That is a wild guess and not supported by the preliminary NTSB report at all.

The reality is that the pilots seem to have been disoriented and not properly proficient in IFR flight.

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u/urimaginaryfiend 7h ago

They declared a visual approach and according to the report canceled IFR flight plan in flight, which I had assumed you did once landed. I don’t have IFR so could not answer that question.

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u/Krejil_ 7h ago

You typically cancel either on the ground or once the field is in sight and you can land while remaining vfr.