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Military jamming disrupted a medical plane's GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico (apnews.com)

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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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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Clickbait title. They were flying VFR with the airport in sight, gps jamming was likely unrelated.