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Patriot Missile System Misclassified US Navy Aircraft, Killing Pilot Upon Approval to Fire
US Navy's Patriot missile system misidentified an American Navy F/A-18C Hornet as an enemy projectile, prompting an operator to fire two missiles at the aircraft, which killed the pilot.
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- incident-report
- evidenceStatus
- reported
- region
- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2003-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2004-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
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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