The Latest: Hawaii governor says mistake can't happen again

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a missile threat mistakenly sent by Hawaii officials (all times local):

9:45 a.m.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige (IG'-eh) says he's meeting with officials this morning to find out what happened after an alert was mistakenly sent to residents saying a ballistic missile was inbound for Hawaii.

The missile threat was a false alarm.

Ige says he's meeting with the state defense and emergency management officials to not only find out how this could occur, but to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Ige says, "The public must have confidence in our emergency alert system."

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9:15 a.m.

Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz says a false alarm about a missile threat was based on "human error" and was "totally inexcusable.