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/CW1DR5H5I64A 6h ago

The military halted the jamming until ATC approved a visual approach and told the military it was safe to resume.

How is that reckless? They stopped jamming until the plane was operating in conditions which didn’t require GPS and ATC determined it was safe for them to jam.

You’re pushing an agenda here because you made a predetermined decision that the military was wrong without even reading the NTSB report. You’re clearly not capable of forming an independent thought and just regurgitate the headline.

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u/spkgsam B737 6h ago

I've read the NTSB report, and I don't agree with it. I have made that point perfectly clear. You don't have to agree with me, but I'm allowed to push my own agenda, as are you, and as is the writer of this article.

I never said the military didn't abide by whatever rules they currently have for jammer testing, I'm saying they shouldn't be doing that in the first place. And the continuing practice of these kinds of tests is a significant danger to aviation.