国际英语资讯:False alert of missile threat to Hawaii sent by human error: report
<p><span word="LOS">LOS</span> <span word="ANGELES">ANGELES</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 30-- <span word="An">An</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="text">text</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hawaii">Hawaii</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="imminent">imminent</span> <span word="ballistic">ballistic</span> <span word="missile">missile</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 13 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="alarm">alarm</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="error">error</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inadequate">inadequate</span> <span word="safeguards">safeguards</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="Communications">Communications</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> (<span word="FCC">FCC</span>).</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hawaii">Hawaii</span> <span word="Emergency">Emergency</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="conducting">conducting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regularly">regularly</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> 8:05 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="local">local</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="midnight">midnight</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="initiated">initiated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drill">drill</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="placing">placing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="officers">officers</span>, <span word="pretending">pretending</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="Command">Command</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> "<span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>," <span word="language">language</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="consistent">consistent</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="script">script</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drill">drill</span>.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hawaii">Hawaii</span> <span word="Emergency">Emergency</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="operating">operating</span> <span word="procedures">procedures</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="drill">drill</span>.</p><p><span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="scripted">scripted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Emergency">Emergency</span> <span word="Alert">Alert</span> <span word="System">System</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="ballistic">ballistic</span> <span word="missile">missile</span> <span word="alert">alert</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="thus">thus</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> "<span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drill">drill</span>." <span word="The">The</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="again">again</span>, "<span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>." <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="duty">duty</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="officers">officers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="message">message</span>, <span word="simulating">simulating</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="Command">Command</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="speakerphone">speakerphone</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="FCC">FCC</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="initiated">initiated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> "<span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drill">drill</span>" <span word="but">but</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> "<span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>, <span word="exercise">exercise</span>." <span word="The">The</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="missile">missile</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="real">real</span>.</p>
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