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Pushing 'wrong button' triggers Hawaii incoming-missile alert

The state's governor confirmed the alert was sent out due to a human error

bloomberg

13.01.2018

An alert mistakenly directing panicked Hawaiians to seek immediate shelter from an incoming ballistic missile was the result of human error, the state’s governor said.

The emergency notice was triggered after an "employee pushed the wrong button" during a shift change at the state's emergency management agency, Governor David Ige said at a press conference in Honolulu. The Federal Communications Commission is "launching a full investigation" into the incident, Chairman Ajit Pai said on Twitter.