US Airways tweets very NSFW image, apologises

Cape Town - Whoever’s in charge of social media at US Airways must be in big trouble, after a post containing a pornographic image appeared in the airline’s Twitter stream on Monday.  

Sydney Morning Herald reports that the airline acknowledged that the image of a woman with a toy plane in her vagina came from its Twitter account, but said it was sent by mistake.  

Although it was quickly removed and the airline apologised for their mistake, the image has appeared across the internet as a screen grab. US Airways has more than 424 000 followers on Twitter.  

The airline said in a statement that the image was inadvertently included in a response to a customer and that they immediately realised the error and removed it.  

We apologize for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We’ve removed the tweet and are investigating.

— US Airways (@USAirways) April 14, 2014

The tweet that included the image was directed at a Twitter user with the handle @ellerafter in response to her complaint about a delayed flight from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to Portland International Airport in Oregon.

Elle responded to the US Airways tweets with the following:

Yikes.

— Elle (@ElleRafter) April 15, 2014

The irony of today's response from US Airways about my delayed flight from CLT is not lost on me.

— Elle (@ElleRafter) April 15, 2014

Other responses to the tweet ranged from highly amused to absolutely livid. Here are a few:

CNN News: Could Malaysian Flight 370 Be Inside Your Girlfriend? The Odds May Shock You. More on this tonight at 10.

— Kyle Ayers (@kyleayers) April 14, 2014

That girl in the photo is going to be answering a lot of questions from concerned relatives later today.

— Michele Catalano (@inthefade) April 14, 2014

Big thanks to @USAirways for finally giving us a satisfying ending to LOST.

— Jessica Weil (@Jessica731) April 14, 2014

I thought that's how planes got born.

— Mat Johnson (@mat_johnson) April 14, 2014

Turns out US Airways has way more destinations than we ever imagined.

— CC:Indecision (@indecision) April 14, 2014

Cockpit. That is all. @USAirways

— Peyton's Head (@PeytonsHead) April 14, 2014

This hilarious twitter saga comes just a day after a young girl had a semi-meltdown when American Airlines responded to her faux terrorism threat with a threat of their own. 

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