A man has been detained after banging on the cockpit door of a Virgin Australia plane flying to Bali.
FRIENDS of the Australian plumber accused of trying to hijack a Virgin flight to Bali have visited him in the police hospital where he is being held, and say he seemed "confused and nervous".
Four of Matt Christopher Lockley's friends have visited him in the police hospital where he is being held in Bali.
One of them, a Balinese man who said his name was Wayan, said he was surprised when he heard about the incident on the Virgin flight.
He said he had been called by police on Friday afternoon to come and help calm Lockley down after a dramatic arrest at gunpoint.
"Police told me to calm him. But I can't go that afternoon, as I still working. I said that I will come once I finished," Wayan said.
He went to Bali Police Station at around 7pm.
"I meet him. He looked calm, just felt confused and nervous," Wayan said of his friend.
"He said that he didn't try to hijack the plane. He just knocked on the door as he thought that it was the toilet. He just want to go to toilet at that time," Wayan said.
He said he had known Lockley for the past year.
Wayan said Lockley had not mentioned anything to him about problems with his wife.
And he was not aware of any psychological problems.
Wayan said Lockley visited Bali frequently.
MID-FLIGHT SCARE: Man 'thought cockpit was the toilet door'
Hospitalised in Bali ... Indonesian Police secure the room of the Police Hospital where Australian Matt Lockley was taken after being arrested for triggering a mid0flight emergency. Source: Supplied
Lockley may escape any formal charges after telling police he was not drunk and mistakenly knocked on the plane's cockpit door instead of the toilet door after taking painkillers.
He was questioned for several hours by police and is now under police guard in a Bali hospital after officers said he appeared to be in "a bad condition".
He told police he was stressed over not being to make contact with his Indonesian wife for several weeks before his flight on Friday.
The Queensland plumber was described on Friday as drunk by airline and Indonesian authorities, but yesterday insisted he had only consumed soft drinks before the Brisbane to Bali flight and taken some painkillers.
Visitor arrives ... to see Matt Lockley in the Police Hospital in Bali. Source: Supplied
Police said they were waiting on the results of drug and alcohol tests and had yet to officially declare him a suspect or make a decision on what if anything he will charged with.
Bali police spokesman Adj. Senior Commissioner Hery Wiyanto said yesterday police had inquired whether Lockley, 27, had any history of mental illness but they were told he did not.
Comm Wiyanto said that Lockley had told them he had meant to knock on the toilet door but instead had been hammering on the cockpit door. This caused the pilot and crew to report an emergency and authorities in Bali were then put on a hijack alert.
In happier times ... Matt Christopher Lockley who is in hospital after being arrested in Bali. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
Full security was swung into action and when the flight, from Brisbane to Bali landed at Denpasar airport, it was surrounded by heavily armed officers who bundled Lockley off the plane at gunpoint.
Police said yesterday that Lockley's father lives in Bali, in a villa in Canggu and that Lockley's wife was from Bandung, in West Java, Indonesia.
Images from the Facebook page of Matt Christopher Lockley, 27, who was held in an Indonesian police cell after a Virgin pilot set off a hijack alarm on the flight Matt was on to Bali. Source: Supplied
They said that Lockley told them he was stressed about not being able to contact his wife for the past two weeks after she had returned to Indonesia from Australia.
Comm Wiyanto said Lockley told them that once he got on to the plane, he fell asleep in his seat (30A), after having taken some painkillers and drinking two soft drinks.
Runway chaos ... Matt Christopher Lockley being arrested by Indonesian air force soldiers after landing on the Virgin Australia 737-800 plane at Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar. Source: AFP
"He slept for three hours. He woke up when the stewardess offered food. Once he woke up, he went to the toilet. When he went out from toilet, he felt that someone was following him. He then sat down again in his seat. But then he went to the toilet again. As he panicked, he knocked on the cockpit door, " Comm Wiyanto said.
"Matt said to police that before he got on to the plane from Brisbane, he consumed two Voltaren, four panadols and two bottles of Coca Cola," the officer said.
"He didn't have a desire to knock on the cockpit. He wanted to knock on toilet door. But, because he was hallucinating, he knocked on the cockpit door.
He said that Lockley told them he was stressed about the situation with his wife.
Mixing with locals ... Matt Christopher Lockley, who was held in an Indonesian police cell after a Virgin pilot set off a hijack alarm on the flight Matt was on to Bali. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
Comm. Wiyanto said that tests last night showed Lockley to be unstable and he was given a chance to rest in Trijata hospital to improve his condition before facing further questioning.
The pilot and crew were expected to be questioned by police late yesterday in a big to shed further light on what happened on the plane.
If charged, Lockley could face aviation laws of endangering flight safety which carries a two year jail sentence.
Lockley was yesterday being guarded in hospital by six police personnel. He was accompanied by Australian officials believed to be from the Australian consulate.
Police said Lockley had still been unable to contact his wife.
The plumber's Queensland based family said they were concerned about his welfare.
unwell and in need of help ... Matt Christopher Lockley when he was arrested by Indonesian police officers after landing. Picture: Sonny Tumbelaka Source: AFP
They said they made contact with Australian consular officials in Indonesia to find out what is likely to happen from here.
Family and friends have rallied around Mr Lockley's mother Madeline at her Tweed Heads home but the family was too upset to talk to media.
A regular visitor to Bali ... Matt Christopher Lockley, who was held in an Indonesian police cell after a Virgin pilot set off a hijack alarm on the flight Matt was on to Bali. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
A source close to the family said they were anxious as to what sort of penalty Mr Lockley might face under Indonesia's tough justice system.
"They still don't really know anything yet," they said.
He could face two years in jail if charged under Indonesia aviation law with endangering a flight's safety and security.
Looking for his wife .. Matt Christopher Lockley is seen at a holding room in Bali, Indonesia. Picture: Firdia Lisnawati Source: AP
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