Major airline apologises after passengers shown raunchy film on every screen

Qantas has been forced to apologise after passengers on one of its flights were shown a raunchy film, starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn, on every screen

Qantas has had to issue an apology after a flight turned awkward for passengers, including families with young children, when they were exposed to an adult-themed film on all the plane's screens.

Due to a glitch on Qantas flight QF59 from Sydney to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, passengers couldn't choose their own films. Instead, everyone was forced to watch the same movie, 'Daddio', featuring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn, which was played across every screen without the option to switch it off.

The R-rated flick, only suitable for those 18 and over in Australia, includes explicit sexual content, nudity, and graphic sexting scenes. This led to outrage among passengers, with one taking to Reddit to vent their frustration: "Qantas played an inappropriate movie to the whole plane, there was no way to turn it off," they posted furiously.

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They continued, "It was impossible to pause, dim, or turn it off. Here's the kicker: the movie they played 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."

After nearly an hour of the risque content, the airline finally switched to a more family-friendly film, but not before causing significant discomfort. Qantas is now looking into how the film came to be shown, reports the Mirror.

A spokesperson for the airline expressed regret to the Daily Mail Australia, saying: "The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologise to customers for this experience."

They further clarified the situation by adding: "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."