Mistake by emergency worker sends errant test messages to cellphones across Alaska

Mistake by emergency worker sends errant test messages to cellphones across Alaska

An Alaska Airlines plane flies by a cellular tower as it prepares to land at San Francisco International Airport on Jan. 19, 2022, in San Mateo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. Mark Roberts, head of the emergency operations center, said the error occurred when a worker was…