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Explicit film airs to all passengers on Japan-bound Qantas flight

Qantas apologised after a film featuring a ‘brief but clear photo of erect penis’ and explicit sex-related dialogue aired on the flight

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Qantas apologised on Tuesday after Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn’s racy drama “Daddio” was broadcast to the entire cabin on a Tokyo-bound flight. Photo: AFP
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Passengers on board a flight from Australia to Tokyo got more in-flight entertainment than they bargained for last week when a film featuring sex talk and explicit images was broadcast to every screen.
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Technical problems meant individual movie selection was not available on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Haneda, Japan’s busiest airport, leaving the crew to pick one film to be broadcast to the whole cabin.

Their selection of Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn’s racy drama Daddio was a surprise to many, and to the airline, which apologised on Tuesday.

Technical problems meant individual movie selection was not available on the flight from Sydney to Haneda, leaving the crew to pick one to broadcast to the whole cabin. Photo: Shutterstock
Technical problems meant individual movie selection was not available on the flight from Sydney to Haneda, leaving the crew to pick one to broadcast to the whole cabin. Photo: Shutterstock

According to one review, the movie features “references to oral sex, masturbation” as well as a “brief but clear photo of erect penis on phone screen. Photos of a woman’s naked breasts. Explicit sex-related dialogue and texting”.

“The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologise to customers for this experience,” Qantas said in a statement.

Once the mistake was clear, “all screens were changed to a family-friendly movie for the rest of the flight,” the Australian flag carrier added.

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“We are reviewing how the movie was selected.”

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