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==Examples== Software bugs have been linked to disasters. * Software bugs in the [[Therac-25|Therac-25 radiation therapy machine]] were directly responsible for patient deaths in the 1980s.<ref name="Raj">{{cite journal | last1 = Leveson | first1 = Nancy G. | author-link1 = Nancy G. Leveson | last2 = Turner | first2 = Clark S. | date = 1993-07-01 | title = An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents | journal = [[Computer (magazine)|Computer]] | volume = 26 | issue = 7 | pages = 18{{hyphen}}41 | publisher = [[IEEE Computer Society]] | doi = 10.1109/MC.1993.274940 | eissn = 1558-0814 | issn = 0018-9162 | lccn = 74648480 | s2cid = 9691171 | oclc = 2240099 | url = https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5dr206s3 | df = dmy-all}}</ref> * In 1996, the [[European Space Agency]]'s US$1 billion prototype [[Ariane flight V88|Ariane 5 rocket was destroyed]] less than a minute after launch due to a bug in the on-board guidance computer program.<ref>{{cite journal |title= ARIANE 5 Flight 501 Failure Report by the Inquiry Board |date=July 23, 1996 |issue=33β1996 |journal=[[The European Space Agency]] |series=Ariane 501 Inquiry Board report |url=https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Ariane_501_-_Presentation_of_Inquiry_Board_report }}</ref> * In 1994, an [[1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash|RAF Chinook helicopter crashed]], killing 29; was initially blamed on pilot error, but was later thought to have been caused by a software bug in the [[FADEC|engine-control computer]].<ref>{{cite journal |author= [[Simon Rogerson]] |url= http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/resources/general/ethicol/Ecv12no2.html |title=The Chinook Helicopter Disaster |journal=IMIS Journal |volume=12 |issue=2 |date=April 2002 |url-status= dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19930915000000/http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/resources/general/ethicol/Ecv12no2.html |archive-date=September 15, 1993 |access-date=May 27, 2024}} [https://www5.in.tum.de/~huckle/chinook_software.pdf Alt URL]</ref> * Buggy software caused the early 21st century [[British Post Office scandal]].<ref name=beeb182>{{Cite news |title=Post Office scandal ruined lives, inquiry hears |author=<!--not stated--> |work=BBC News |date=14 February 2022 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60374182}}</ref>
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