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False missile threat alert for Hawaii was human error

2018-01-15 88 Dailymotion

HONOLULU, HAWAII — An emergency alert notification was blasted across Hawaii warning of a inbound ballistic missile on Saturday — fortunately it was only a false alarm. <br />Residents and tourists got quite the message after a worker accidentally hit the wrong button. <br />"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL," the alert read. <br />The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency immediately hopped on Twitter to let everyone know it was a false alarm. <br />Looks like the error happened during a shift change when the button was mistakenly pressed sending the warning out on TV, radio and cell phones. <br /> <br />A second alert was sent 38 minutes confirming the first alert was a false alarm.

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