The government of Hawaii was under fire after an emergency alert mistakenly sent to phones sent the residents of the US state into panic over a possible ballistic missile attack and tested its emergency response protocols amid rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme.
The alert, sent early on Saturday morning, said: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
Almost 40 minutes later the alert was recalled as state officials said the message had been sent in error and there was no threat. Hawaii governor David Ige said the original message had been sent mistakenly during a shift change, when a wrong button was pressed.
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