Virgin Australia passengers distressed after screening of ABC report on crash

Virgin Australia passengers were distressed by the screening of an ABC News report on the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash after the ABC breached an agreement to warn the airline of any unsuitable content. Sources said the airline was furious with the ABC about the inadvertent screening of the tragedy aboard all its domestic flights on Monday. “We are concerned with reports of distress caused to our passengers due to an unsuitable broadcast during our in-flight ABC news bulletin,” a Virgin Australia spokesman told Guardian Australia. “We have been in contact with the ABC and understand this was due to human error on its part. We are, of course, working with the ABC to ensure this does not happen again.” The ABC’s commercial arm has had a contract with Virgin to supply in-flight bulletins since 2014. Due to the ABC’s editorial policies, the agreement involves the broadcaster telling the airline ahead of time if the bulletin contains an aviation story and if it does that they have taken “great care” to not show any distressing scenes.<br/>