AFP to meet 'hijack scare' man

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RAW VISION: Dozens of armed police board a Virgin Australia plane during a hijack scare at Bali international airport.

The man who sparked a hijack scare while on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to Bali has returned home but avoided the media upon his arrival at Brisbane Airport.

Australian Federal Police officers were due to greet Gold Coast man Matt Lockley when he disembarked from a Virgin Australia flight at Brisbane Airport late Monday evening.

The 28-year-old plumber's Indonesian ordeal began on Friday, where he claimed an on-board incident was a misunderstanding when he mistook the cockpit door for a toilet door.

On his way home: Matt Christopher Lockley, who triggered a recent hijack on a Virgin Australia flight, leaves police headquarters in Denpasar. Photo: Reuters

After arriving in Denpasar, Mr Lockley was arrested and detained in a Bali police hospital, however Indonesian authorities released him after he told theman in-flight panic attack prompted him to bang on the cockpit door.

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As he prepared to leave the Indonesian airport on Monday afternoon, Mr Lockley looked calm and said nothing as he was hustled past journalists by a group of perhaps 10 officials, including representatives of the Indonesian immigration department, the airport authority, airport management and the Australian consulate.

He was taken straight to the departure gate suggesting the the pre-flight formalities had already been dealt with before he arrived at the airport.

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