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		WheatMillington on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user int... When Americans shoot down an airliner they get to describe it as a "user interface error". After denying they did it for a long period first, of course.

arp242 on Nov 30, 2023 | [–]

> After denying they did it for a long period first, of course.

Lies.

Reagan acknowledged and apologized within days.

digging on Nov 29, 2023 | [–]

This event was not officially described as a user interface error, though.

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