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Aircraft Sabotage (18 U.S.C. § 32)
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Amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 32 enacted in 1984 expand United
States
jurisdiction over aircraft sabotage to include destruction of any
aircraft in
the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil
aircraft
used, operated or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air
commerce.
This statute now also makes it a Federal offense to commit an act
of violence
against any person on the aircraft, not simply crew members, if
the act is
likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft. In addition, the
United States
is authorized under the statute to prosecute any person who
destroys a foreign
civil aircraft outside of the United States if the offender is
later found in the
United States or, effective as of April 24, 1996, a national of the
United States
was aboard such aircraft (or would have been aboard if such
aircraft had taken
off) or a national of the United States was a perpetrator of the
offense.
See USAM 9-63.221, et
seq.
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