Russell Crowe Is Still Furious With Virgin Over The Hoverboard Incident

Russell Crowe has given us the best late Christmas gift we could ever have asked for, continuing his angry tirade against Virgin Australia and their no-hoverboard policy, days after anyone else would have just let the damn argument go.

The drama started earlier this week, when Crowe and family were booted from a Virgin flight after refusing to relinquish their hoverboards, which are banned because the lithium ion batteries they contain have a tendency to catch fire.

Rusty fired off a series of angry Tweets at Virgin, who directed him to the Dangerous Goods section of their booking information, and curtly reminded him that safety is their “number one priority.”

Overnight, Crowe reignited his Twitter beef with the airline, continuing to roast them for their safety policies, and letting them know that in spite of their efforts to ruin his holiday, he’s enjoyed “hours of Segway board delight” with no fires, thank you very much.

hours of Segway board delight &?joy X 3 today… No fire yet. Updates , free of charge… How many lithium batteries in your life?

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 31, 2015

Shortly @VirginAustralia and @Virgin will try to convince you they can deal with the challenge of space flight…but not Segway boards …

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 31, 2015

How many lithium batteries within the plane itself and in your cell phones , iPads and lap tops …

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 31, 2015

Warning….lithium batteries every plane you fly on… don’t dry your hair in a microwave … And..,never pat a burning dog … Info’s easy

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 31, 2015

I’m in the film business, we travel on lithium..original 3″ packing, batteries enclosed, charger separate , zero % of agitation or piercing

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 31, 2015

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been 12 incidents in which hoverboards have caught fire for no goddamn good reason. 

If you want to read more, CNet recently published a pretty excellent wrap-up on hoverboard fires, and the current uncertainty around safety standards, as numerous Chinese factories pump them out to meet demand. 

Rusty, mate, it’s time to …