Qantas passengers must watch explicit films on international flights

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Travelers were stunned when an airline played a sexually explicit film on every passenger screen during an international flight – with no way to turn it off.

The incident happened on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Haneda Airport in Japan last week. Qantas, Australia's airline, confirmed the incident to FOX Business on Sunday.

Qantas didn't disclose the film to FOX Business, but news.au reported that it was “Daddio,” a film starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn.

According to the film's IMDB page, the film is rated R for “language, sexual material, and brief graphic nudity.”

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Qantas passengers were horrified as crew played an inappropriate film on every screen on a flight to Japan. (iStock / iStock)

A stunned passenger reported the incident on Reddit, saying that it was “impossible to pause, dim or turn off the movie.”

“It featured graphic nudity and a lot of sexting – the kind where you could literally read the text on the screen without needing headphones,” the Reddit user wrote in a post on r/QantasAirways.

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“It took them almost an hour to switch to a more kid-friendly film, but it was super uncomfortable for everyone, especially with families and children on board.”

The Qantas representative told FOX Business that individual film selections were unavailable due to a technical issue. When crew members realized they couldn't fix the technical glitch, they switched to a family-friendly film.

“The film was clearly not suitable for viewing throughout the flight and we sincerely apologize to customers for this experience,” the representative said. “For the remainder of the flight, all screens were switched to a family-friendly film, which is our standard practice for the rare occasions when individual film selection is not possible.”

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