Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash: Jason Biggs apologises for ‘tasteless’ joke about plane shot down in Ukraine that killed 298

Just hours after news of the tragedy broke, the actor tweeted: 'Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?'

Jason Biggs has publicly apologised for a tasteless joke he made on Twitter.

Just hours after news broke that a Malaysia Airlines flight travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur had been shot down over the Russian-Ukraine, killing 298 passengers, the Orange Is The New Black actor tweeted: “Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?”

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He followed it up with a second post, which read: “In all seriousness, tho- HOW DO YOU MISTAKENLY SHOOT DOWN A COMMERCIAL PLANE?! Ugh.”

Unsurprisingly, his musings weren’t warmly received, and he took to criticism not unlike a school boy having his ear pinched by branding his followers ‘losers’.

He wrote: “Hey all you ”too soon“ a**holes- it's a f***ing joke. You don't have to think it's funny, or even be on my twitter page at all.

“Truly - you losers are literally trying to find s**t to get angry about. Channel your issues elsewhere.

“The idea that I wouldn't have any empathy 4 the victims or their families because I make a joke is absolutely ridiculous. U know that, right?”

Retaliating to one follower, who tweeted at him “I'll be sure to laugh when u suffer a family tragedy,” he wrote: “Please do! I hope I can laugh during my family tragedy 2!"

But Biggs has since had a change of heart (or perhaps a stern word from a producer or a publicist), deleted the tweets, and posted a four-prong apology:

He referenced the news in a tweet as he micro-blogged US programme The Bachelor.

“Nikki is looking for Juan Pablo to say “I Love You.” She’d have better luck looking for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. #TheBachelor”, Biggs tweeted.

He didn’t apologise.