<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canada" rel="" target="_blank" title="Canadian"><span>Canadian</span></a><span> citizen is unable to face court over allegations he tried to open an emergency door on an international flight because he hopped on another flight back home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors claim Rahulreet Singh Mann was intoxicated when he </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/canadian-man-charged-trying-to-open-plane-exit-door-mid-flight-sydney/3a56617c-d2e4-4e7d-b4f1-1a028fe3b7bb" rel="" target="_blank" title="tried to pry open the emergency exit doors"><span>tried to pry open the emergency exit doors</span></a><span> during a flight from Vancouver to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> on May 14, 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another passenger noticed the 33-year-old allegedly attempting to open the doors and pulled him away, according to police.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/exford-primary-school-bus-driver-denies-misremembering-truck-crash/61f41877-d3f1-4c6c-b127-7cfc6407f1a3"><strong><span>School bus driver denies misremembering truck crash despite new details</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Airline staff moved Mann to the back of the plane and monitored him for the remainder of the 15-hour flight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was arrested at Sydney Airport and charged with doing an act that threatens the safety of those on board and tampering with an aircraft endangering safety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mann pleaded not guilty to the charges and was expected to face a hearing in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/rahulreet-singh-mann-court-updates-travel-woes-for-man-accused-of-plane-door-tampering-during-flight-from-vancouver-canada-to-sydney-australia/123eaee6-f6df-49e3-9b30-87eefe1414f4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/a-man-wrongfully-imprisoned-for-38-years-weeps-as-a-uk-court-overturns-his-murder-conviction/1e2e15ec-a0ed-4665-9e5e-c3efa89b41aa"><strong><span>Man wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years weeps as UK court frees him</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But he couldn't attend court because he had flown back to Canada while on bail and was having trouble re-entering Australia due to the charges, his lawyer said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's ready to come back to defend this case but unfortunately, through no fault of his own, he's stuck over in Canada," Mann's lawyer told the court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Asked why Mann had been granted bail to travel internationally, his lawyer replied the case against his client was "hopeless".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mackenzie-anderson-murder-tyrone-thompson-sentence-to-be-appealed-by-prosecutors/1e61f9c5-87da-403b-9406-ec914785c3ab" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>'It's horrific': Grieving mum welcomes appeal of DV murderer's sentence</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The characterisation was rejected by a lawyer for the Commonwealth, who noted Mann had only begun to attempt to organise travel back to Australia in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He opposed an adjournment but acknowledged it was important for Mann to be present for the proceedings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The magistrate set the hearing down for December 5 and ordered the Canadian to attend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mann was granted bail after providing a surety of $20,000 which will be forfeited if he fails to attend court when required.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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