Incident #444·AI Safety & Failures
US Air Force's Patriot Missile Mistakenly Launched at Ally Fighter Jet, Killing Two
Explainability
Description
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.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- us-air-force
Alleged Developers
- raytheon
- lockheed-martin
Harmed Parties
- us-air-force
- uk-royal-air-force
- kevin-main
- david-williams
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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