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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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[–] 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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