Originally Posted by aterpster
An air carrier aircraft is not an embassy. Once on the ground it certainly was not in any way United States territory. I question that concept even when airborne within another state's airspace.
On those three assertions I think you're right; wrong; wrong. Here is the quickest reference I could find:
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/nr/1962/pio196214_e.pdf
Here is another:
http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/pdfs/airterr.pdf
So, what's the right answer here? Can some legleegl help?
PBL