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What action can an aircraft commander take if they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, an unlawful act on board the aircraft?
  • A
    Require the assistance of other passengers.
  • B
    Request the help of other crew members.
  • C
    Deliver such person to the competent authorities.
  • D
    Request such person to disembark.

Tokyo Convention (1963)
Article 6

1. The aircraft commander may, when he has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, on board the aircraft, an offence or act contemplated in Article 1, paragraph 1, impose upon such person reasonable measures including restraint which are necessary:

(a) to protect the safety of the aircraft, or of persons or property therein; or
(b) to maintain good order and discipline on board; or
(c) to enable him to deliver such person to competent authorities or to disembark him in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

Article 9

1. The aircraft commander may deliver to the competent authorities of any Contracting State in the territory of which the aircraft lands any person who he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed on board the aircraft an act which, in his opinion, is a serious offence acccording to the penal law of the State of registration of the aircraft.

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