I panicked: hijack scare man

Matt Christopher Lockley banged on cockpit door during flight to Bali on 25/4/14 causing hijack alarm to be activated. Lockley has pleaded not guilty to one charge of interfering with a crew member. Source: News Corp Australia

UPDATE: A PLUMBER charged over banging on a cockpit door causing a hijack alarm mid air on his way to Bali will have to wait until December to learn his fate.

Matt Christopher Lockley, of a Tweed, is defending a charge of interfering with Virgin Australia crew which carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.

Neil Cooper was flying the pilot of the Virgin Australia flight to Bali at the centre of the hijack scare. Source: News Corp Australia

He has told the Brisbane Magistrates Court he meant to knock on the toilet door during his April 25 flight while suffering a panic attack.

Crew triggered an alarm for possible hijack after he instead thumped on the cockpit door and rattled the handle while saying he wanted to get in.

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It led to the flight being prioritised and Lockley being arrested by armed Indonesian authorities when it landed.

His defence barrister Chris Rosser this morning argued crew over reacted by assessing his behaviour as a possible hijack considering the doors to the toilet and cockpit were next to each other.

Angela Demo was a flight attendant on the flight to Bali. Source: News Corp Australia

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I panicked: hijack scare man