Questions tagged [aviation]
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Which state has jurisdiction in a case of a murder in an airplane?
A murder happened in an airplane flying from country A to country B when crossing above country C.
Who will have jurisdiction?
Bonus question: What if countries A, B and C are members of the European Union?
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Is it illegal to listen to Air Traffic Control transmissions in the UK?
According to Is it illegal for Joe Public to listen to ATC in the UK? over on Aviation.SE, although aviation transmissions are broadcast publicly, in the clear, unencrypted; it is illegal to listen to them live on a scanner or such.
What law…
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Can an airline pilot be prosecuted for killing an unruly passenger who could not be physically restrained?
The 'Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act' (H.R.4635) '...shields flight deck officers from liability for acts or omissions in defending the flight deck of an aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy...'.
In a scenario in which an…
user22280
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If I constructed an Ultralight Seaplane and complied with 14 CFR Part 103 as a Californian, could I tow out my floatplane and drink alcohol on it?
In an excercise in complete idiocy, I was looking for legal loopholes to consume alcohol on a single person platform while fishing on a lake without the threat of a boating DUI.
The CA DMV says an exemption for the definition of a 'Vessel' (I cannot…
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Are sites that give unfiltered ADS-B data legal?
Are plane tracking services based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) transmissions that do not honor the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Limited Aircraft Data Display (LADD) program, such as Airplanes.Live or…
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Why can NTSB reports not be admitted as evidence?
According to 49 U.S. code § 1154, part (b),
No part of a report of the Board, related to an accident or an investigation of an accident, may be admitted into evidence or used in a civil action for damages resulting from a matter mentioned in the…
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In the United States how can a federal agency constitutionally regulate aviation?
The Federal Aviation Administration is a federal agency with the authority to regulate all civil aviation in the United States, including flights over state rather than federal territory. How is the federal government able to regulate aviation over…
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Am I legally allowed to build my own rocket and fly to space by myself?
Let's say I have all the technology, knowledge, materials, money and time to build my own homemade space rocket. Am I allowed to fly to space with it?
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Who owns wrecked airplanes in international waters and in terra nullis?
This question has been suggested to be transferred from Aviation site. However I have expanded my question also applicable to terra nullis (like Bir Tawil)
So, assuming we have a wrecked airplane located in international waters or in terra nullis…
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Is it legal to shine a non-laser light source at an aircraft?
After all the media coverage about people pointing lasers at commercial aircraft, I started to wonder what was so special about lasers.
It seems to me that the amount of distraction that could be done with a 5mW laser is significantly less than what…
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Is it legal for me to build a large rocket in the U.S.?
So I want to build a rocket from an aluminum pipe, with the inside coated with pyrolitic carbon, and filled APCP finocyl bore and an avionics computer conroling the parachute In the nose cone. I was thinking maybe 40 feet long 2-3 feet around no…
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Is it legal for the military to shoot down a plane that is going to crash?
In a few cases pilots have been rendered unconcious or killed and their planes have flown on as 'ghost' planes.
So imagining a situation where the pilots of an airliner suddenly die and the passengers are unable to break their way into the cockpit,…
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Was it legal to shoot down the Chinese balloon?
Recent news headlines read: "US fires air-to-air missile and takes down alleged Chinese spy balloon." It happened in February 4th, 2023.
The balloon, as far as we know, was not armed and did not contain any ordnance. Though the result of the…
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Who has jurisdiction on an International flight in international airspace in a sexual assault case?
This question relates to a recent sexual assault case of a passenger on an airline from Newark, NJ to London, England as published at the Daily Mail.
No details are available in this article as to the exact time or location of the airplane while the…
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Is there a limit to the liability an airline can impose on a passenger because of their behaviour?
There is a story in the news today about a woman being charged £85,000 after she caused a flight to be diverted due to her behaviour.
I believe this is section 23.3 in Jet2's Conditions of Carriage. A quick scan of other airlines revealed both…
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