A Commonwealth prosecution of a Sydney man who stood accused of leaving a threatening note in the toilet of an Albury-bound plane has been abandoned.
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That came after the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped a single charge against Sydney man Mitchell Cameron Moy on Tuesday morning.
Mr Moy was not in Albury Local Court to hear the decision, having been excused from attending provided he was legally represented.
Magistrate Rodney Brender was told by a DPP representative, via an audio link, that the charge of making a false statement about a threat to damage an aircraft had been withdrawn.
She said that meant the matter should be dismissed.
Mr Moy, 30, was to have fronted a contested hearing on the charge in Albury on April 9, 10 and 11, having pleaded not guilty last year.
The note at the centre of the Commonwealth allegation resulted in the evacuation of the Virgin plane on the Albury tarmac. The incident took place on June 6 and involved passengers being told by cabin crew to get out and run as soon Virgin flight VA1174 landed.
Mr Moy was arrested on the tarmac and led away by police officers.
Initially, Mr Moy was facing NSW police charges of send a document threatening death or grievous bodily harm and give false information on person or property in danger.
These were withdrawn and replaced with the Commonwealth charge in August.
Mr Moy was represented on Tuesday by Albury solicitor Sue Robey, acting as agent.
Passengers on the 68-seater turboprop aircraft had to jump on to the tarmac including Mr Moy, who had been accused of leaving the note in the toilet between 9.20am and 9.45am.
Mr Moy had been banned from attending airports or leaving NSW as part of his bail conditions.
At the time of the incident, one passenger said how everything seemed normal until the plane came to a stop.
"We came to a halt on the tarmac and suddenly the cabin crew near the back started yelling 'we have to evacuate, leave all your belongings'," Sydney woman Wendy Willett said.
Mr Brender vacated the dates for the Albury hearing.