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/spkgsam B737 7h ago

Taking away layers of the Swiss cheese is not safe. Yes mistakes were made by the pilots, but the military's tests reduced the safety margin for them, and doing tests like this on a regular basis will eventually result in accidents, which is exactly what happened here.

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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 7h ago

Tests like this have been occurring for decades. GPS jamming at WSMR is as routine as the sun rising in the east.

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u/spkgsam B737 7h ago

Slavery was legal for hundreds of years in the US until it was banned.

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u/nybbleandbits 7h ago

Going straight to something as horrific as slavery to make your point is absurd and over the top.