HORRIFIED children were left “screaming” after an adult film was played on a ferry from France.
Families were left in shock after what one person described as “hardcore porn” was mistakenly broadcast onto the lounge televisions.
Operating company DFDS has apologised for the error, which occurred after passengers had been watching an F1 Grand Prix during a travel delay.
The ferry had been sent back to Dieppe in France due to a technical fault at Newhaven Port, Sussex, last month.
One passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke to The Argus about the mayhem that followed.
She said: “I’d gone to main reception to tell them I was getting off and to transfer me from a car passenger to foot passenger, when suddenly kids ran out of the recliner lounge area screaming.
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“Some parents came out and they were asking the man who worked there to sort the TV out, they were saying ‘there’s hardcore porn on the TV’.
“I couldn’t see it, but it was audible.”
The channel was swiftly changed once the crew were alerted to the content.
DFDS claimed the crew were unaware that the film was due to be broadcast and that the channel has since been removed from the list of available stations on the boat.
They said: “This will not happen again.
“We are very sorry for the understandable upset and anger that this caused.”
Passengers were already disgruntled with the botched crossing before the incident occurred, with another anonymous source saying: “It was a nightmare, no one knew anything.
“We were left herded near the passenger exit until they finally announced an emergency walkway for foot passengers.
“There was no attention to anybody, it felt like we were dumped and left.
“It was appalling”.
The porn blunder is not the first incident of its kind.
The clip, which aired for around 13 seconds, appeared to show a woman’s bottom, before the news bulletin immediately zoomed in on the temperature maps.
The filthy pictures popped up twice during a video presentation about the seaside resort known for its Pleasure Beach theme park.
The Labour-run council later apologised for the smutty gaffe at the town’s Winter Gardens building.
