While the Therac 25 incident is pretty famous, this is the first time I remember hearing of this one. It's different though, in that the software itself was not

While the Therac 25 incident is pretty famous, this is the first time I remember hearing of this one. It's different though, in that the software itself was not at fault, but rather ignorance in using (and checking) it, and an unbelievable hubris and disregard for conditions, environment, knowledge, experience, and training. Like most disasters, it required many things to go wrong, all adding up to tragedy...