US Airways tweets vulgar image to customer, apologizes

The picture itself appears to have originated in another tweet that was sent by @ARTxDEALER to American Airlines. The image link somehow made its way into the tweet by US Airways, possibly pasted by accident.

When reached for comment, a US Airways representative said that they were "aware" of the situation and had no explanation for it at the time. They have offered this Twitter apology stating "We apologize for an inappropriate 

Isn't Twitter wonderful? First, it allowed someone, allegedly a 14-year-old Dutch girl, to make a threat Sunday against American Airlines. Now, American's merger partner, US Airways, is apologizing for sending out a graphic 

Isn't Twitter wonderful? First, it allowed someone, allegedly a 14-year-old Dutch girl, to make a threat Sunday against American Airlines. Now, American's merger partner, US Airways, is apologizing for sending out a graphic 

A photo of a woman's vagina with a model plane in it was accidentally tweeted by US Airways in response to a customer complaint and left up on their feed for an hour before it was deleted.