| Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking(wired.com) | |
| 477 points by dzdt 1 day ago | 253 comments | |
tl;dr: A medevac Beechcraft King Air crashed into a New Mexico mountain in May after a US military GPS jamming exercise at White Sands Missile Range disoriented the inexperienced crew, marking the first US civilian plane crash linked to electronic warfare. The pilots lost GPS mid-flight, overshot their approach while waiting for busy ATC vectors, then opted for a visual approach and flew into the Capitan Mountains, killing all four aboard. The incident highlights growing collateral risks to civil aviation as GPS jamming and counter-drone measures proliferate globally, with a similar suspected case downing a Pakistani 737 freighter near the Strait of Hormuz in July. | |
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