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GPS Jamming Causes King Air Crash, Four Dead, 30K-Acre Wildfire

8/5/2026

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A Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed in New Mexico on May 14, 2026, killing four after GPS jamming from the NAVFEST exercise at White Sands interfered with navigation.
The NTSB reported that GPS jamming began after takeoff, that controllers asked the military to halt it, and that the interference resumed, causing the aircraft to strike terrain near the Capitan Mountains summit.
The crash sparked a wildfire that burned over 30,000 acres for weeks.

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A Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed in New Mexico on May 14, 2026, killing four after GPS jamming from the NAVFEST exercise at White Sands interfered with navigation.
The NTSB reported that GPS jamming began after takeoff, that controllers asked the military to halt it, and that the interference resumed, causing the aircraft to strike terrain near the Capitan Mountains summit.
The crash sparked a wildfire that burned over 30,000 acres for weeks.