Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side:

https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

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Post by rbanffy » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

https://archive.ph/CECav

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Post by rbanffy » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC

Arodex wrote: post #4

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side: https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

I find it a bit shocking they'd be caught by surprise by a planned GPS outage. The exercise happened as intended, and all aircraft in the affected areas should have received warnings BEFORE they even took off. These are not drug smugglers - they filed a flight plan before leaving the ground.

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Post by epolanski » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC

Arodex wrote: post #4

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side: https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

I too take random's words on socials over the NTSB. /s

In any case the news (and ntsb report) points that they are tied, not responsibility.

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Post by hagbard_c » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

Arodex wrote: post #4

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side: https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

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Post by basisword » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC

hagbard_c wrote: post #8

Arodex wrote: post #4

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side: https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

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You care enough to comment about it and ask them not to do it again because of, not only your feelings, but others too.

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Post by curt15 » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC

hagbard_c wrote: post #8

Arodex wrote: post #4

I have absolutely no love for the US Army under its current Secretary of "war", but here the problem was with the air ambulance pilot(s). Sorry to blame people who died, who do important service for remote places under hard time constraints, but there has been fundamental errors on their side: https://bsky.app/profile/mikeblack114.bsky.social/post/3mrux...

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The quotes are appropriate because only Congress, not executive action, can change the official name.