Russell Crowe Picks Fight with Virgin Australia, Loses
Ryan Boyd December 29, 2015
This is one fight not even Russell Crowe could win.
The Academy Award-winning father of two took to Twitter to express his fury at not being able to check his children’s hoverboards as luggage on a Virgin Australia flight.
Ridiculous @VirginAustralia. No Segway boards as luggage? Too late to tell us at airport.Kids and I offloaded. Goodbye Virgin. Never again.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 29, 2015
NEVER AGAIN. Virgin Australia responded to the angry Les Miserables actor on Twitter, pointing out that hoverboards have a tendency to burst into flames, which is discouraged on international flights.
@russellcrowe Hi Russell, due to safety concerns over the lithium ion batteries in hoverboards, these have been banned on all major… 1/3 — Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) December 29, 2015
@russellcrowe …Australian airlines and many around the world. We’re sorry you were not aware of this prior to check-in today. We… 2/3
— Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) December 29, 2015
@russellcrowe …hope to see you on board again soon. 3/3
— Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) December 29, 2015
Crowe hastily fired back a tweet demanding to know why he wasn’t specifically informed that the airline did not allow notoriously combustible novelty toys to be checked in as luggage.
.@VirginAustralia I’m awaiting your reply, where is your duty of responsibility in this? Why not tell me when I am booking my ticket? — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 29, 2015
Virgin’s Twitter informed the Gladiator star that information such as “lithium batteries are known to cause raging death infernos” is already available upon ticket confirmation and in pre-flight correspondence.
@russellcrowe Hi Russell, this information is outlined in the Dangerous Goods section in the booking confirmation and check in… 1/4
— Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) December 29, 2015
@russellcrowe …reminder emails you will have received. We have also communicated this on Facebook and Twitter, as well as… 2/4
— Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) December 29, 2015
To learn more about Russell Crowe’s social media tantrum, go to CNN.
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Crowe is a bully type crybaby who should have known these rules as they have been in place for awhile. Why do his spoiled kids have to fly with their boards anyway? Are they that lazy?
Crowe is an outstanding actor and I love his work - that said, the man is an utter f---kwit - he was extremely obnoxious and persistently harassing to a former flatmate of mine in a pub in Sydney some years ago: this air rage incident is no surprise for such an arrogant jerk-off.