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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=33–1996
|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><!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->
== Controversy ==
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