Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced that his agency is conducting a “full investigation” into the false ballistic missile alert that sent across Hawaii in the early morning there on Saturday.
“The @FCC is launching a full investigation into the false emergency alert that was sent to residents of Hawaii,” Pai said in a brief tweet.
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Cellphones, televisions, and radio stations received the morning emergency alert about an inbound ballistic missile, claiming it was not a drill.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige told CNN that he was informed that someone “pushed the wrong button” to send out the false alert and occurred during an employee shift change.
Local officials and the U.S. Pacific Command quickly confirmed that the emergency alert was sent out in error to residents of the island chain, but it took nearly 40 minutes for the state of Hawaii to send out a corrective message.
There were reports of widespread fear as residents ran for shelter.
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FCC "launching a full investigation" into false ballistic missile alarm in Hawaii https://t.co/uZT0hhX9ut pic.twitter.com/VrEjFkIien
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 13, 2018
Kim is probably laughing his pants off.
Epic design fail. https://t.co/4zJ1xPrYFH pic.twitter.com/y2v6GJzKYm
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) January 15, 2018
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