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Military jamming disrupted a medical plane’s GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico
Federal investigators said three other aircraft also reported GPS problems as the air ambulance lost navigation before crashing into the Capitan Mountains.
- 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 signal disrupted GPS in medical plane before crash
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 the time although pilots had been warned to expect that, according to federal investigators.
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Military jamming signal disrupted GPS in New Mexico medical plane before crash
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 the time although pilots had been warned to expect that, according to federal investigators.
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