Qantas Airlines Brings The Denzel Washington Disaster Flick "Flight" To It's Onboard VOD Service

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Nervous flyers might have been in for a shock when flicking through the movie selections on Qantas this year.

The Denzel Washington air-crash drama Flight was on the airline's on-demand entertainment system with other recent blockbusters from Hollywood.

Washington is the pilot during the film's white-knuckle opening scenes when his plane has a mechanical failure that sends it into a steep dive and, eventually, upside down.

Despite the scheduling of Flight, which would make anyone tighten their seatbelt, Qantas says it avoids movies likely to raise passenger anxiety about personal safety.
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"Excessively violent or culturally insensitive movies are generally avoided too," a spokesman said.

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Yeah, you might as well show "Titanic" and "Speed 2: Cruise Control" on a cruise ship.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. I saw "Alive" as an on-board feature once.

Talk about a bad choice.