All a mix-up for Queensland plumber?

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A drunk passenger has caused the closure of Bali's airport when a Virgin Australia pilot reported a hijacking attempt. Nine news.

The Queensland man who sparked a hijack scare at Bali airport on Friday has denied he was drunk and claimed instead that he believed the cockpit door was the entrance to the toilet.

Plumber Matthew Christopher Lockley, 28, is in police custody in Denpasar but has been moved to hospital after prompting an incident that temporarily closed the airport as the Indonesian military initiated hijack procedures.

Lockley, who was carrying Queensland government identification, a Licence to Perform High Risk Work, and a card from the Plumbing Industry Council, caused 13 flights to be diverted or delayed from the busy airport as weekend crowds flocked in.

Matthew Lockley was arrested by Indonesian Air Force soldiers after landing on the Virgin Australia 737-800 plane at Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar. Photo: AFP

He has told Bali police that he was coming to Indonesia to try to find his Indonesian wife. He insists he consumed no alcohol, and had only taken four Panadol, two Voltaren and drunk two Coca Colas at Brisbane airport before boarding flight VA41 to Bali.

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Bali police spokesman Hery Wiyanto said Lockley had claimed in questioning overnight to have been asleep for most of the flight but, after being woken by the crew for a meal, came to believe he had lost his bag.

After talking to the woman in the neighbouring seat, he said the crew asked him to sit at the rear of the plane. He then decided he needed to go to the toilet.

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All a mix-up for Queensland plumber?