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It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico (futurism.com)
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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (6 children)

It was not shot down or anything like that. It was jamming from the base, none of the plane's navigational instruments were working and the pilot was unable to tell there was a mountain in his path.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

    Read the original Wired article. All of the instruments were working before the crash. But the pilot chose not to use them, instead flying a visual approach at an airport they weren't familiar with, at night, with not much experience in this type of flying. That's an all-around terrible idea. GPS jamming didn't kill them, the pilot's complacency did.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    That's a selective and misleading interpretation of the Wired article.

    A more accurate summary would be that in the face of unreliable instruments and an overworked ATC, the pilots made a rational decision that nonetheless resulted in their deaths. While multiple factors aligned to cause the accident, the inciting event and most significant factor was military GPS interference.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    No, the pilots fucked up seven ways to Sunday and didn't do their job, full stop.

    I say this as someone with aviators in my family - we were shocked at how much these pilots fucked up.

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