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    Eight Fatal Software-Related Accidents

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    John McCormick
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    March 4, 2004
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      Date

      Deaths

      Detail

      2003

      3

      Software failure contributes to power outage across the Northeastern U.S. and Canada.

      2001

      5

      Panamanian cancer patients die following overdoses of radiation, amounts of which were determined by faulty use of software.

      2000

      4

      Crash of a Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft partially blamed on “software anomaly.”

      1997

      225

      Radar that could have prevented Korean jet crash hobbled by software problem.

      1997

      1

      Software-logic error causes infusion pump to deliver lethal dose of morphine sulfate. Gish Biomedical reprograms devices.

      1995

      159

      American Airlines jet, descending into Cali, Colombia, crashes into a mountain. Jury holds maker of flight-management system 17% responsible. A report by the University of Bielefeld in Germany found that the software presented insufficient and conflicting information to the pilots, who got lost.

      1991

      28

      Software problem prevents Patriot missile battery from picking up SCUD missile, which hits U.S. Army barracks in Saudi Arabia.

      1985

      3

      Software-design flaws in Therac-25 treatment machine lead to radiation overdoses in U.S. and Canadian patients.

      John McCormick
      Editor-in-Cheifjohn_mccormick@ziffdavisenterprise.comBefore joining Baseline, John was the editor of Inter@ctive Week, another Ziff Davis publication. He was the editorial director at SIGS Publications and the editor of both the print and online editions of CMP Media's InformationWeek. At CMP, he wrote a popular column, 'McCormick Place,' that focused on technology and business. He also served as the editor-in-chief of InfoDaily and appeared as a regular analyst on CNBC's Technology Edge program.
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