Four Crew Killed in Medevac King Air Crash Near Ruidoso, New Mexico
Dailymail.com reports a US military GPS-jamming exercise has been linked to the 14 May crash on a preliminary basis; the National Transportation Safety Board is named as investigating.
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Reference data
From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.
- Terrain elevation
- 6,742 ft
- Nearest aerodrome
- 12 miles SW of Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (KSRR/RUI)
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Revision history
- Version 37 Aug 2026, 14:06current
Removed "The event is still developing" and the closing "The NTSB investigation is continuing." Added an explicit paragraph stating the story rests on one dailymail.com report and that nothing has been reported into it in roughly two days. Changed the dek and body from "investigation is open" to the NTSB being named as an investigating body, and closed on the absence of any NTSB finding in available reporting. All facts, figures, codes and attributions unchanged.
- Version 25 Aug 2026, 13:49
Corrected the directions and distances to nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data.
- Version 15 Aug 2026, 13:49
First published.
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