Tweed plumber pleads not guilty over hijacking scare

MATT Christopher Lockley has pleaded not guilty to interfering with a crew member after he sparked a hijacking scare on a flight from Brisbane to Bali.

Mr Lockley faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday, accused of pounding on the cockpit door during his flight last April, the Brisbane Times reports.

The court heard Mr Lockley removed the rope between economy and business class several hours into his flight, before approaching the locked door to the flight deck.

Flight attendant Angela Demo told the court he was "pounding on the flight deck door and turning the handle".

Neil Cooper was the pilot who sent a code to alert air traffic control of a possible hijacking - but he told the court he didn't know exactly what was happening.

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Tweed plumber pleads not guilty over hijacking scare