British Airways’ Poorly-Timed Ad a Little Too Reminiscent of MH370

The search is still on for MH370, and conventional wisdom suggests the plane is currently at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. So perhaps it wasn’t the best time for British Airways to have the following ad running to get people away from their boring, menial lives and up in the air.

Twitter user Alan Milford caught this rather unfortunately-timed ad from British Airways encouraging people to see the world.

A spokeswoman for British Airways told ABC News, “We are very sorry for any offense caused. The advertising campaign featured in the U.K. is being withdrawn. This campaign was planned some months ago and we recognize that its appearance at this time is inappropriate.”

[h/t Daily Mail]

[photo via Alan Milford]

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