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NTSB has published their report on the MedEvac plane that crashed into the Capitan Mountains, killing 4 first responders and sparking a wildfire that burned more than 30,000 acres. I heard a lot of rumors in the days after the crash but was cautious about repeating them. Seems the... show more
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If they were jamming GPS, they should also issue a no fly zone through NOTAM. That would've prevented this tragedy.

Thanks for the report. What a tragedy.

The GPS jamming is active tests going on on the range. My program on WSMR experiences it, even if the jamming isn't for my program. I'd imagine WSMR puts out NOTAMs regarding the jamming since it can't necessarily be completely contained to the Range. It's the responsibility...

GPS has issues and gets jammed all the time. No excuse for a professional aviator... there is more to the story

One thing that comes to mind is those tower lights are visible from all directions right on the crest. Could they not see them, or see them soon enough for some reason?

They said they had visual on the runway just a couple minutes before the crash. The tower, which was ABQ because we don’t have the tech here, called someone at WSMR and they stopped jamming gps for 5 minutes or so. The pilot got visual on runway, GPS went down again and minutes later the plane crashed. Without GPS I assume they were unaware they were approaching the top of the Capitan’s. I wonder if they saw something else and not the runway. Seems quite a distance from the north side of the mountain to SBR.

This is what confuses me, they can visually see the runway from north of the mountain, but not recognize the lights on the towers on the crest. I wonder what they could have seen if it wasn’t the runway? I guess time will tell what they eventually figure out with this

Aircraft have redundant systems. May be a contributing factor but not the cause.

😡

Shit.

Every pilot in the area is aware of the possibility of GPS issues. There are other ways to navigate without it but for many pilots it's like asking a school kid today to write a report without the internet. Pilots become dependent on the tech and then are blind when it's out.

Check out this video, "NTSB prelim medivac king crash on youtube"

Sounds like criminal negligence

So heartbreaking. Especially hurts to see this happening to nurses & pilots on a king air ambo. I used to nurse escort patients on private-contracted twin propellor ambulances in Australia-it was literal last minute work. Military testing should never take priority over medevacs
