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US Air Force's Patriot Missile Mistakenly Launched at Ally Fighter Jet, Killing Two

AI Incident Database · article · May 15, 2004 · UTC

Acting on the recommendation of their Patriot missile system, American Air Force mistakenly launched the missile at an ally UK Tornado fighter jet, which killed two crew members on board.

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incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2003-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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