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04-15-2014, 09:23 AM
US Airways Just Tweeted Out One Of The Most Graphic Things You’ve Ever Seen A Brand Tweet
YIKES. This is very NSFW and US Airways is looking into what happened exactly. posted on April 14, 2014 at 3:27pm EDT
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It all started during this pretty routine conversation with a customer:
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/590970327/fooish_iconspui-munlaw39_normal.png Elle @ElleRafter (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter)
@USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) Unhappy that 1787 sat for an hour on tarmac in CLT because overweight, resulting in over hour late arrival in PDX...
1:11 AM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter/status/455573980712144896)
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http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000678558531/af7becc4439d98abf5a7fb791b293b6f_normal.jpeg US Airways @USAirways (https://twitter.com/USAirways)
@ellerafter (http://twitter.com/ellerafter) We truly dislike delays too and are very sorry your flight was affected.
1:18 AM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/455575785554718720)
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@USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) yeah, you seem so very sorry. So sorry, in fact, that you couldn't be bothered to address my other tweets.
2:10 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter/status/455769996119928832)
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And then on Monday, US Airways tweeted this…
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http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr05/14/15/enhanced-1963-1397503037-22.jpg
The tweet was pulled down about an hour later, but it didn’t stop it from spreading through Twitter very, very fast.
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/450149972030525440/2aKShF9i_normal.jpeg Cam Lopez @Cam_Lopez8 (https://twitter.com/Cam_Lopez8)
WTF @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways)
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/Cam_Lopez8/status/455788422968651776)
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Lol at @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) i cant even rt it
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ThirstyTortuga/status/455788435995766784)
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I would HATE to be in PR for US Airways right now
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/Chinmay_Vaidya/status/455788434276110336)
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http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/639482840/twitpicz_normal.jpg Richard Lawson @rilaws (https://twitter.com/rilaws)
Pulitzer in feature writing goes to the US Airways tweet
3:19 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/455787496757288960)
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Some people are saying @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) was hacked but it looks like an inside job.
3:19 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/HeyVeronica/status/455787507188518912)
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A spokesperson for U.S. Airways said that they would respond to BuzzFeed’s request for comment when they had more information.
UPDATE: They have acknowledged the tweet and apologized.
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000678558531/af7becc4439d98abf5a7fb791b293b6f_normal.jpeg US Airways @USAirways (https://twitter.com/USAirways)
We apologize for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We’ve removed the tweet and are investigating.
3:26 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/455789281894604800)
• The photo was actually tweeted (https://twitter.com/ARTxDEALER/status/455767347295711232/photo/1) at the airline earlier today.
• The photo was also trending on Reddit’s very NSFW shock imageboard Spacedicks (http://www.reddit.com/r/spacedicks) last week.
• The graphic picture is originally from a German-language amateur porn and shock site.
YIKES. This is very NSFW and US Airways is looking into what happened exactly. posted on April 14, 2014 at 3:27pm EDT
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It all started during this pretty routine conversation with a customer:
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/590970327/fooish_iconspui-munlaw39_normal.png Elle @ElleRafter (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter)
@USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) Unhappy that 1787 sat for an hour on tarmac in CLT because overweight, resulting in over hour late arrival in PDX...
1:11 AM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter/status/455573980712144896)
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http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000678558531/af7becc4439d98abf5a7fb791b293b6f_normal.jpeg US Airways @USAirways (https://twitter.com/USAirways)
@ellerafter (http://twitter.com/ellerafter) We truly dislike delays too and are very sorry your flight was affected.
1:18 AM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/455575785554718720)
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http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/590970327/fooish_iconspui-munlaw39_normal.png Elle @ElleRafter (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter)
@USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) yeah, you seem so very sorry. So sorry, in fact, that you couldn't be bothered to address my other tweets.
2:10 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ElleRafter/status/455769996119928832)
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And then on Monday, US Airways tweeted this…
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr08/14/15/enhanced-31118-1397503767-1.jpg
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr05/14/15/enhanced-1963-1397503037-22.jpg
The tweet was pulled down about an hour later, but it didn’t stop it from spreading through Twitter very, very fast.
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/450149972030525440/2aKShF9i_normal.jpeg Cam Lopez @Cam_Lopez8 (https://twitter.com/Cam_Lopez8)
WTF @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways)
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/Cam_Lopez8/status/455788422968651776)
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Lol at @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) i cant even rt it
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/ThirstyTortuga/status/455788435995766784)
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I would HATE to be in PR for US Airways right now
3:23 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/Chinmay_Vaidya/status/455788434276110336)
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http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/639482840/twitpicz_normal.jpg Richard Lawson @rilaws (https://twitter.com/rilaws)
Pulitzer in feature writing goes to the US Airways tweet
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Some people are saying @USAirways (http://twitter.com/USAirways) was hacked but it looks like an inside job.
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A spokesperson for U.S. Airways said that they would respond to BuzzFeed’s request for comment when they had more information.
UPDATE: They have acknowledged the tweet and apologized.
http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000678558531/af7becc4439d98abf5a7fb791b293b6f_normal.jpeg US Airways @USAirways (https://twitter.com/USAirways)
We apologize for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We’ve removed the tweet and are investigating.
3:26 PM - 14 Apr 14 (https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/455789281894604800)
• The photo was actually tweeted (https://twitter.com/ARTxDEALER/status/455767347295711232/photo/1) at the airline earlier today.
• The photo was also trending on Reddit’s very NSFW shock imageboard Spacedicks (http://www.reddit.com/r/spacedicks) last week.
• The graphic picture is originally from a German-language amateur porn and shock site.