Russell Crowe hits out at Virgin Australia’s hoverboard ban

As a result, they have been banned on a number of airlines including Virgin, Emirates, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Qantas.

Crowe, however, appears to have missed the controversy.

A highly-sought after toy this Christmas, the self-balancing motorised boards gained media attention when they were banned from several airlines in Australia, the United States and the UK due to fire concerns over their lithium ion batteries.

The actor had been planning to fly from Sydney, Australia, to Coffs Harbour in New South Wales along with his sons Tennyson and Charlies, when Virgin Australia revealed they had to be removed from the flight due to the contents of their luggage.

Virgin Australia’s official Twitter account was quick to respond, explaining the reasons for the ban and apologising for the incovenience.

Earlier this month Amazon told its customers to throw away unsafe hoverboards with U.K trading standards seizing 15,000 products.

Crowe was not impressed, replying: “Why did you not inform me when I booked my ticket? Goodbye Virgin. Never again”, he wrote.

“I’m awaiting your reply, where is your duty of responsibility in this?”

Virgin Australia sent Crowe another series of tweets, saying the information was outlined in the booking confirmation and check-in reminder emails.

He then went on to hit back at actor and comedian Joel Creasey, who’d told him to suck it up because “you’re a millionaire babe”.