Virgin Australia Flight hijacked
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I got that from caption of a photo showing Mr Lockley 'celebrating'.
Now he's claiming he mistook the cockpit door for a toilet door. Hardly the actions of someone who
With friends ... Matt Lockley, who has been released from an Indonesian prison cell.
two Voltaren, four Panadol and two cans of Coca-Cola
He must be using the same defence lawyer as Oscar Pestorious....
Anyway the other bogans on board must have enjoyed the little show. Probably thought it was part of the in-flight entertainment! It's a change from FA's climbing out of overhead lockers I suppose...
Anyway the other bogans on board must have enjoyed the little show. Probably thought it was part of the in-flight entertainment! It's a change from FA's climbing out of overhead lockers I suppose...
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I dunno what's scarier - a bloke who didn't take his paranoia pills banging on the cockpit door - or a dozen Indonesian soldiers running around with cocked firearms, pointing every which way.
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On Ch 7 news tonight the reporter was trying to get comment from random relatives all over the state. Basically she was told by each of them to fu€k off
So they put pics from the guys facebook page on tele instead and base their judgements off of those
So they put pics from the guys facebook page on tele instead and base their judgements off of those
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We've run out of Bacardi
7270 group: exhaustion of in-flight duty-free supplies, specifically
7271 gin
7272 rum
7273 whisky
7274 cigarettes
7271 gin
7272 rum
7273 whisky
7274 cigarettes
Captain: "I'm sorry to announce we've run out of Bacardi"
Passengers (seen parachuting away): "Never gonna fly with that lot again"!!
Ok, enough already!!
Give the crew a break, they handled it as they saw it.
Drunk bogans with "****wititis" are the bread and butter of these Bali flights (and Phuket and the Gold Coast)
The cabin crew deal with this all the time,(even though they shouldn't have to) and are very good at controlling them and communicating with the cockpit crew.
I'm sure the crew know the difference between mistaking the cockpit door for the dunny, and banging on the cockpit door (you can see them in the camera)
Maybe it is a case of finally needing some action?
I have personally heard a Virgin flight call for the Police on arrival in Bali to deal with a disruptive passenger and not have them turn up after sitting on the ground for 40 minutes waiting for the cops that never showed up.
VHF ACARS has no coverage from 100nm off the Aus coast to about 150nm Bali, and JAS Ops in Bali are pretty scratchy beyond 120nm. Without a Satphone, pretty hard to have a conversation with Ops/Security over the HF at the best of times. All the while doing all the other pilot stuff, talking to Ujung on HF, dodging the weather, checking fuel for diversion back to YPDN, YPPD, getting sorted for the arrival, etc
It's a little different to Domestic flying.
Maybe this will spur the companies, VA, JQ and all the others, into being more diligent about screening the pax before they board, rather than throwing them on as quickly as possible to meet OTP
As far as shutting the airport down, that's obviously the airport operators protocol.
Flight plan fuel, anyone?
Drunk bogans with "****wititis" are the bread and butter of these Bali flights (and Phuket and the Gold Coast)
The cabin crew deal with this all the time,(even though they shouldn't have to) and are very good at controlling them and communicating with the cockpit crew.
I'm sure the crew know the difference between mistaking the cockpit door for the dunny, and banging on the cockpit door (you can see them in the camera)
Maybe it is a case of finally needing some action?
I have personally heard a Virgin flight call for the Police on arrival in Bali to deal with a disruptive passenger and not have them turn up after sitting on the ground for 40 minutes waiting for the cops that never showed up.
VHF ACARS has no coverage from 100nm off the Aus coast to about 150nm Bali, and JAS Ops in Bali are pretty scratchy beyond 120nm. Without a Satphone, pretty hard to have a conversation with Ops/Security over the HF at the best of times. All the while doing all the other pilot stuff, talking to Ujung on HF, dodging the weather, checking fuel for diversion back to YPDN, YPPD, getting sorted for the arrival, etc
It's a little different to Domestic flying.
Maybe this will spur the companies, VA, JQ and all the others, into being more diligent about screening the pax before they board, rather than throwing them on as quickly as possible to meet OTP
As far as shutting the airport down, that's obviously the airport operators protocol.
Flight plan fuel, anyone?
... more than likely it'll be his plumbing that gets checked out ... from this (.) to this (0) in no time at all, at all! Just the story to regale his bogan mates with, one day, in the fuuuuuttuuuure ..
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Can't be much of a plumber, if he doesn't know the difference between a toilet and a cockpit.
regardless, he has no right to be banging on any door! He was obviously a threat to the passengers, they were cheering as he was taken off board by the Balinese police.
regardless, he has no right to be banging on any door! He was obviously a threat to the passengers, they were cheering as he was taken off board by the Balinese police.
It's the "Australian way", you need to get drunk to supposedly have a good time and show how macho you are
Hijack alert puts scrutiny on airline
"We are investigating the possibility of negligence on the part of the pilot or even air traffic control," said a senior airport authority source.
"The pilot definitely definitely pushed the distress call, which raises a red alert, and means the incident was referred to the Indonesian airforce. There's another button that can deactivate it and now we're asking why the pilot didn't do that."
The pilot and air traffic control operators were interviewed in Bali late on Saturday after security experts were flown in from Jakarta. If they are found to have been negligent, they could face criminal charges under Indonesian law.
"We are investigating the possibility of negligence on the part of the pilot or even air traffic control," said a senior airport authority source.
"The pilot definitely definitely pushed the distress call, which raises a red alert, and means the incident was referred to the Indonesian airforce. There's another button that can deactivate it and now we're asking why the pilot didn't do that."
The pilot and air traffic control operators were interviewed in Bali late on Saturday after security experts were flown in from Jakarta. If they are found to have been negligent, they could face criminal charges under Indonesian law.
The pilot definitely definitely pushed the distress call, which raises a red alert, and means the incident was referred to the Indonesian airforce. There's another button that can deactivate it and now we're asking why the pilot didn't do that.
"The pilot definitely definitely pushed the distress call, which raises a red alert, and means the incident was referred to the Indonesian airforce. There's another button that can deactivate it and now we're asking why the pilot didn't do that.
You could activate the transponder only to be overpowered and a hijacker deactivate it.
If someone is trying to knock down the door you arrest them and let the police sort it out. If he goes free no charges laid so be it. Just because you get arrested doesn't mean you're guilty.
He's damn lucky there wasn't an Air Marshall onboard.
He's damn lucky there wasn't an Air Marshall onboard.
He's damn lucky there wasn't an Air Marshall onboard.
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The way I have seen some of our fellow Australians behave overseas whilst intoxicated sometimes makes me ashamed to be from the same country. Especially when you can see the "WTF" expressions on the locals faces.
These people are hard enough to tolerate in our own country. Every time I hear the "Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, Oi Oi Oi" chant I cringe inside. These bogans should be drowned at birth.
These people are hard enough to tolerate in our own country. Every time I hear the "Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, Oi Oi Oi" chant I cringe inside. These bogans should be drowned at birth.