Qantas apologises for showing adult-rated movie
Australian airline Qantas has had to issue an apology after passengers on board a flight were shown an R-Rated film.
According to reports, passengers on the flight from Sydney to Tokyo last week were unable to select movies individually due to a technical issue with the inflight entertainment system.
Despite all efforts to try and fix the issue, the system remained inoperative, which led the flight crew to show a single movie to all passengers – including children.
“Our crew members had a limited list of movies that they were able to play across all screens on the aircraft and based on the request from a number of passengers, a particular movie was selected for the entire flight,” Qantas said in a statement, as per CNN.
What was the adult-rated film?
The airline did not specifically name the R-Rated film in its statement, passengers took to social media with photos of their inflight screens, revealing that the film was Dakota Johnson’s 2023 movie Daddio.
A Reddit user, who was reportedly on the flight, said that the movie was extremely inappropriate.
“It featured graphic nudity and a lot of sexting – the kind where you could literally read the texts on screen without needing headphones.”
“It took almost an hour of this before they switched to a more kid-friendly movie, but it was super uncomfortable for everyone, especially with families and kids on board.”
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Qantas has since apologised for their mistake.
“The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologize to customers for this experience,” a Qantas spokesperson said as per CNN.
“All screens were changed to a family friendly movie for the rest of the flight, which is our standard practice for the rare cases where individual movie selection isn’t possible. We are reviewing how the movie was selected.” they added.
How would you have reacted to the film being shown if you were on that flight?
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