GPS Denial Exercise Tied to Fatal New Mexico Medivac Crash, NTSB Says
The NTSB's preliminary report ties a fatal New Mexico air-ambulance crash to a scheduled military GPS-denial exercise, noting GPS outages were reported by several aircraft after departure and that controllers urged the jamming to pause as the crew proceeded visually before striking the Capitan Mountains; investigators have not yet concluded that interference caused the crash, while FAA and international regulators warn GPS disruption is a growing safety risk and experts say older civilian GPS receivers may be less resilient than newer systems, prompting calls for aviation technology upgrades.
