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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Funk

GPS interference from military jamming linked to fatal New Mexico plane crash, report finds

Experts note that while pilots should be able to land using ground-based navigation or visual cues, GPS remains a popular choice for its precision - (KOAT via AP)

A small medical plane that crashed into a New Mexico mountainside last month, killing four people, experienced a GPS malfunction due to military signal jamming in the area, federal investigators have revealed. Pilots had reportedly been warned to anticipate such interference.

The pre-dawn crash on May 14 sparked a wildfire that raged for weeks in the rugged Capitan Mountains near Ruidoso, where the aircraft was attempting to land.

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