Hijack scare passenger won't be charged

A Queensland plumber will not be charged over causing a hijacking scare at Bali's airport, with authorities now looking at the procedures leading to the false alarm.

Matt Christopher Lockley, 28, was aboard a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane when he banged on the cockpit door, forcing cabin crew to restrain him.

The banging also caused the pilots to trigger an alert that had airforce and police officers standing by for the landing at Denpasar on Friday, expecting a hijacker.

Lockley has told police he woke from a sleep during the flight in a confused state and banged on he cockpit door thinking it was the toilet.

He also denies being drunk, and told police he had taken only Panadol, Voltaren and consumed Coca Cola before the flight.

Suryambodo Asmoro, Bali Police special crime director, on Sunday told reporters Lockley was allowed to leave hospital on Sunday and was questioned by aviation officials.

'Regarding the legal process, it will be conducted in Australia because what he did in that plane was within a plane registered in Australia,' he said.

In hospital, Lockley underwent drug and alcohol testing, the results of which have not been returned.

He was also allowed to recuperate from what police described as 'exhaustion'.

They say Lockley came to Bali looking for his Indonesian wife, whom he hasn't seen in weeks, and was in a state of stress.

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Hijack scare passenger won't be charged