Hawaii's Governor David Ige has apologized for an accidental message sent out by the state to every mobile phone in the island, warning of an imminent missile attack, Al Jazeera reports. The Governor in a statement issued on Sunday said that the government would investigate the incident, which involved an employee pushing a wrong button during a shift change on Saturday morning.
According to him;
"It was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working and an employee pushed the wrong button."
The mistaken alert read: "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill." It triggered panic among many Hawaiians who scrambled to find shelter.
The report quoted a resident, Robbyn Leventhal as saying "People just started scurrying around, just trying to get into bathrooms, I was with my two girls, eight and 10 so kids were crying and nobody really knew what to do"
Meanwhile, the Emergency Management Agency has also confirmed on Twitter 10 minutes later that the attack alert was a false alarm.
