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Middle Eastern Airlines Respond To United Incident With Tone-Deaf Tweets

Published by Huffington Post on Wed, 12 Apr 2017


Two Middle Eastern airlines are trying to make the most of United Airlines recent incident.Shortly after videos and pictures surfaced of aman being violently dragged off of a United Airlines flight, Royal Jordanian airlines attempted to seize the moment with a tweet.We are here to keep you #united Dragging here is strictly prohibited, the tweet said. Unfortunately, the airline didnt stop there and attempted to fit another bad pun into the graphic accompanying the tweet.We would like to remind you that drags on our flights are strictly prohibited by passengers and crew,the text on a graphic read, accompanied by a no smoking graphic. In this case, no drags meant no cigarettes.We are here to keep you #united Dragging is strictly prohibited pic.twitter.com/CSjZD7fM4J Royal Jordanian (@RoyalJordanian) April 10, 2017 People on Twitter had mixed feelings about the tweet. Some thought it was super shady:@RoyalJordanian pic.twitter.com/wUiPRB2cDO Katie (@katieum) April 10, 2017 @RoyalJordanian The shade. I can't take it. Maura (@MauraLaa) April 11, 2017 Some thought it was a savage takedown:@RoyalJordanian pic.twitter.com/27p4RbVavS Dimitri Vd Reeck (@DVDReeck) April 11, 2017 @RoyalJordanian @liamstack the clapback is too strong pic.twitter.com/sg9LvN8UMW sam smeltzer (@elyon113) April 10, 2017 @RoyalJordanian Brutal. Just like @united. R&B, Adventuring (@Fika2600) April 11, 2017 Others thought it was poor taste to capitalize on the moment:@RoyalJordanian @AirlineGeeks Wow, trolling other airlines is poor form. Wait til you have your own incident. Paul Thompson (@FlyingPhotog) April 10, 2017 Emirates Airlines also tweeted out some shade, using United Airlines CEO Oscar Munozs own quotes against him.Fly the friendly skies with a real airline. pic.twitter.com/wE5C5n6Lvn Emirates airline (@emirates) April 11, 2017 As Twitter user@sondusjcwrote, Shots fired.TheHuffPostLifestylenewsletterwill make you happier and healthier, one email at a time. Sign uphere.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58ebab2fe4b0df7e20441165,58ecd072e4b0ca64d91925c4,58ec33c4e4b0c89f9120ce72 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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