Ferry bosses forced to apologise after hardcore porn accidentally shown to passengers including children
Children were 'left screaming' on a recent ferry from France to England after a screen showed 'hardcore porn'.
It's usually cruise ships that get a rather bad rep, especially when you consider some of the things that go on behind the rooms with upside down pineapples, but it was a ferry in this case that got way too sexual for everyone's liking.
Passengers on the DFDS ferry from Dieppe in France to Newhaven on 26 October got way more than they bargained for after sitting down to take in the Mexico Grand Prix.
After they watched Lando Norris cruise to victory, the television somehow switched to something very different, which was surprisingly even racier than the previous entertainment.
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One passenger recalled to The Argus: "I’d gone to main reception to tell them I was getting off and to transfer me from a car passenger to foot passenger, when suddenly kids ran out of the recliner lounge area screaming.
"Some parents came out and they were asking the man who worked there to sort the TV out, they were saying ‘there’s hardcore porn on the TV’.
"There were parents explaining to their children that not all adults do that. It was a bit mad. I don’t know how it got on there.
“It was a whole mess with the ferry crossing. People were really disgruntled."
Eventually, a staff member would turn the television off but it seems as if the damage was already done at this point, with the ferry also somehow managing to surpass the government's restrictions on accessing adult content, unless it had gone down the old school film route with its content.
The incident was said to have occurred during a delay which saw the vessel being sent back to France due to a technical fault at the British port.
A spokesperson for DFDS said: "During the delay, a group of passengers asked if they could watch the F1 Grand Prix on the TV in the onboard lounges.
"Unfortunately, the crew were not aware that once this programme finished, the next item to be broadcast was an adult film.
"Once the crew were alerted to the content by a passenger the channel was swiftly changed. Moreover, the channel has now been removed from the list of available stations on the ship to ensure that this will not happen again.
"We are very sorry for the understandable upset and anger that this caused for the families onboard who unfortunately viewed this content."
Unfortunately, it was a family holiday to forget for plenty of passengers, and no doubt parents will be hoping that some of the scenes their kids witnessed will be particularly forgotten.
Topics: Travel, Adult Industry, UK News
James Moorhouse