Military jamming disrupted a medical plane’s GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico
Federal investigators said three other aircraft also lost GPS as scheduled military jamming resumed minutes before the crash.
- A medical plane crashed in New Mexico on May 14, killing all four people aboard, after its GPS system was disrupted by scheduled military jamming from White Sands Missile Range.
- Air traffic controllers were able to get the military installation to stop the jamming temporarily, but it resumed minutes before the crash occurred.
- Three other aircraft in the same airspace also reported losing GPS due to the jamming that night.
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Military jamming disrupted a medical plane’s GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico
The GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area at
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Military jamming disrupted a medical plane's GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico
Federal investigators say the GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area, although pilots were warned ahead of time to expect that.
Military GPS jamming linked to deadly plane crash in Capitan Mountains area: NTSB
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. (KVIA) -- GPS jamming activities done by the U.S. military happened at the same time a plane crashed and killed all four passengers in the Capitan Mountains area, according to a federal report ABC-7 obtained. On May 13, an air crew planned to fly from Roswell, New Mexico, to the Sierra Blanca
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