Airline Apologizes After Playing R-Rated Dakota Johnson Movie for Entire Plane

Mar. 15, 2025

A stock image of a plane screen (left) and Dakota Johnson.Photo:Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty

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All passengers on a recent flight from Sydney to Tokyo were accidentally shown an R-rated movie.

The incident took place on Qantas flight QF59 due to a technical issue with the in-flight entertainment system, according toa Reddit user who was a passenger on the Oct. 5 flight.

“After a one-hour delay, the pilot decided to take off anyway, but the only option left was for the crew to play a movie on every screen – and it was impossible to pause, dim, or turn it off,” the user shared.

However, the flyer said the “kicker” was that the chosen film was 2023’sDaddio,which they described as “extremely inappropriate" for the wide-ranging audience.

Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’.Phedon Papamichael/Sony Pictures Classic

Phedon Papamichael/Sony Pictures Classic

“It featured graphic nudity and a lot of sexting – the kind where you could literally read the texts on screen without needing headphones,” they wrote, explaining that it took “almost an hour” for screens to be switched to a kid-friendly flick and that the incident was “super uncomfortable for the families with kids on board.

Daddio starsDakota Johnsonas a woman returning  to Manhattan after a trip, who talks with her cab driver (Sean Penn) about a variety of topics, such as sex and relationships.

Per the MPAA, the movie is rated R for “language throughout, sexual material and brief graphic nudity.”

A Qantas plane.Getty

Getty

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Qantas later apologized for the blunder, noting that the movie was selected based on a request from some passengers.

“The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologise to customers for this experience,” a spokesperson for the Australia-based airline told PEOPLE in a statement.

“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,” the statement added. “We are reviewing how the movie was selected.”

“There was a kid next to me and had to throw a pamphlet at the screen since the mom went to the restroom,” they added. “These poor kids and the parents because yall should’ve heard the audible gasps across the plane.”

source: people.com