Drunk flyer trying to get into cockpit triggers hijacking scare

A drunk male passenger triggered a hijacking scare yesterday when he tried to break into the cockpit of a Virgin Australia jet flying from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.

A Virgin Australia Airlines official said there had not been an attempt to hijack the aircraft but a “flight emergency” when a 28-year-old passenger banged on the door of the cockpit trying to get in an hour before it was due to land.

“There was a drunk passenger, intoxicated and aggressively behaved. He was trying to enter the cockpit, banging the door but he did not enter the cockpit,” airport manager for Virgin Australia in Bali, Heru Sudjatmiko, told Indonesia’s Metro TV.