For better or worse, we generally don’t imprison anyone when machines fail unless there’s evidence of gross negligence or incompetence. See space shuttle disast

For better or worse, we generally don’t imprison anyone when machines fail unless there’s evidence of gross negligence or incompetence. See space shuttle disasters, collapsing bridges, train derailments, building collapses etc etc. It’s possible that there should be some jail time because it’s hard often to assess whether it’s a cultural issue (management), a team-specific issue, or an individual issue. That’s why post mortems that are blameless are the best ones - it documents the failure and what changes should be enacted as a result.