News24 gets sweary, apologises for ‘erroneous’ tweet about plane crash

So this just happened. The Twitter account of South Africa’s largest online news provider News24 just tweeted “Jesus Christ Holy Fuck,” in reference to a video of a plane crashing in Taiwan.

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These social mishaps obviously don’t go unnoticed considering the News24 Twitter account has over 1 million followers. Here it is:

As you can imagine, the tweet was quickly deleted. The original tweet, which is in reference to a plane crash in Taipei, Taiwan, is as follows — a bit more politically correct, won’t you say:

WATCH: Dramatic footage of plane crash in Taiwan http://t.co/h25bJlkObB pic.twitter.com/mHZP91pCDL

— News24 (@News24) February 4, 2015

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News24 then apologised, saying that the tweet “was sent out erroneously” (maybe it left the account in the hands of interns):

We sincerely apologise for the previous tweet and any offence its content may have caused. It was sent out erroneously.

— News24 (@News24) February 4, 2015

While the news about the plane crash is certainly upsetting and very sensitive, at least a few thousand South Africans had a little laugh this early in the morning.