Airline sacks staff who sent 'Taliban' donkey sex porn clip to ENTIRE Gatwick Airport IT department



Virgin Atlantic has sacked four workers based at Gatwick Airport for circulating a video clip that claims to show a Taliban fighter having sex with a donkey.

The footage they emailed is believed to have been filmed by American special forces in Afghanistan and has become an internet hit.

It bore the caption: 'What the Taliban do when they are not making improvised explosive devices.'

Virgin Atlantic warned the four Gatwick-based members of staff that they may be in breach of the Obscene Publications Act

Managers at the West Sussex airport became aware of what was going on when turnaround co-ordinator David Armstrong accidentally sent the clip to the airline's entire IT department, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson owns Virgin Atlantic

Management warned Mr Armstrong and three others that they may have broken the law by contravening the Obscene Publications Act.



They were sacked in April for gross misconduct but have lodged claims for unfair dismissal, claiming that it was common practice for more senior Virgin staff to circulate pornography via email.



The tabloid newspaper says a source at Gatwick told it: 'To sack these people was well over the top.'

A spokesman for Virgin Atlantic said that the claimants were dismissed for serious breaches of company IT policy.'

The video is expected to be shown at an employment tribunal due to hear the four men's appeal on Monday, June 6.