Re: Detaining pax on board - Legalities?
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From a legal point of view, "in flight" means from the time from the first application of power for the purpose of taking off until the moment the landing run ends at the termination of that flight.
The ANO (made under s.61 of the 1982 Civil Aviation Act), in particular Art. 77 is informative here. This article requires every person in an aircraft to obey all lawful commands which the commander of the aircraft may give for securing the safety of the aircraft and its passengers or for the efficiency of air navigation. Breach of article 59 is an offence.
It is also an offence to trespass on an aerodrome licensed under the ANO - see s.39 of the CAA 1982.
So if a passenger in the UK decides he doesn't want to obey a lawful command given under Art 59 of the ANO and he wants to voluntarily trespass too - then more fool him.
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Last edited by D SQDRN 97th IOTC; 3rd Jan 2006 at 12:57.