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GPS Jamming Nearly Cost Lives | Wilmington News
A medical flight from Roswell, New Mexico, crashed last month after losing GPS signal minutes into takeoff — a crash that occurred during a military exercise intentionally jamming GPS in the area. Despite FAA warnings and air traffic control’s requests to halt the jamming, the interference may have contributed to the disaster. The plane, en route to Ruidoso, eventually switched to visual landing but struck the Capitan Mountains. This incident underscores a rising global threat: intentional GPS jamming is becoming more frequent and dangerous, affecting aircraft far beyond the jamming zone…
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