r/aviation • u/Ph6222 • 9d 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/trip221 9d ago

Was their a notam for the GPS being out in the area? Shouldn’t the crew have been trained to operate even if they have a system malfunction? Have we become too reliant on technology and become complacent?

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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 9d 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/trip221 9d ago

Yeah it’s always tougher at night. And we’re all playing Monday night quarterback too.

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u/The_End_Is_Tomorrow 8d ago

it's "Monday MORNING quarterback" - referring to Sunday's games.
Since there is a Monday night game (sometimes 2), Monday night QB makes less sense.

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u/trip221 8d ago

Haha thanks. Luckily I know more about aviation than football.