deactivateduser60718
2019-10-23 14:08:08

For the history buffs: Does anyone know if the engineers of the Therac–25 faced disciplinary action once they learned it was killing people?


soegaard2
2019-10-23 14:13:31

Interesting story! Hadn’t heard it before. For others: https://hackaday.com/2015/10/26/killed-by-a-machine-the-therac-25/


soegaard2
2019-10-23 14:15:06

samth
2019-10-23 14:15:51

I believe they settled out of court, and the engineer left the company before then, according to http://www.ccnr.org/fatal_dose.html