Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised and removed an episode of Family Guy that references Tiananmen Square’s “Tank Man” from its in-flight entertainment services.
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In its reply to the Post on Tuesday night, Cathay said sorry to affected customers after a social media page reported a complaint about the in-flight entertainment system containing content suspected of contravening the national security law.
“We emphasise that the programme’s content does not represent Cathay Pacific’s standpoint and have immediately arranged to have the programme removed as soon as possible,” a spokesman for the carrier said.
“Tank man” refers to a famous image of a stand-off between an unidentified civilian and a line of military tanks leaving Beijing’s Tiananmen Square after a brutal crackdown on protesters in 1989.
The episode in concern, Death Has a Shadow, is in the first season of the US animated sitcom and includes a scene of the character Peter standing next to a man in Tiananmen Square in front of approaching tanks.
The animation centres on the adventures of an eccentric family living in New England.