federal offenses involving aircrafts (oct. 30)

Question 1

jurisdiction

federal offenses & aircrafts

Answer 1

• criminal offenses on aircrafts are subject to federal jurisdiction
• special aircraft / maritime jurisdiciton
• state offenses are punishable as federal if on board aircraft (murder)
• FSA not applicable to crimes like high jacking

Question 2

special aircraft / maritime jurisdiciton

federal offenses & aircrafts

Answer 2

“in flight in the US”: doors closed after boarding until open after landing
outside the US: when an incident involves a US carrier
when a highjacked aircraft lands in the US

Question 3

offenses covered

federal offenses & aircrafts

Answer 3

• aircraft privacy (attempt & conspiracy)
• aircraft privacy (if outside US): American on board, defendant is American, perpetrator is found in US
• interfering with security screening personel in US
• interfering with flight crew member or attendant
• posession of a loaded firearm

Question 4

Richard Reid

federal offenses & aircrafts: war on terror

Answer 4

british shoe bomber
- 2001: homemade explosive in shoe
- tried to ignite device but crew stopped him before it went off
- got 3 consecutive life sentences + 110 years

Question 5

Farouk Abdulmutallab

federal offenses & aircrafts: war on terror

Answer 5

underwear bomber
- 2009
- bomb accidentally went off before he wanted to (before on plane) (in his pants)
- got 4 life terms + 50 years

Question 6

Brian Hsu

federal offenses & aircrafts: unruly behavior

Answer 6

fought flight attendant
- 2021
- claimed he had to use bathroom & fought attendant who stopped him
- undergoing psych eval as a part of his release pending trial