HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN COMBATING AIRCRAFT HIJACKINGS. НIJACKING STATISTICS

Abstract

Aircraft include airplanes, helicopters and other aircraft powered by autonomous
engines, as well as various aeronautical devices - balloons, gliders, etc., designed to
move people and cargo. Both the hijacking and the seizure of a vehicle for the purpose
of theft presuppose the establishment of control over this vehicle, from this moment
the crime is considered over. Hijacking is objectively associated with a violation of the
rules of safety and operation of railway, air or water transport, with the presence on
board of people illegally deprived of liberty (Article 127 of the Criminal Code),
therefore such crimes do not require independent qualification. The criminal's demand
to provide the vehicle provided for by the commented article under the threat of life-
threatening violence to the captured hostages. The subject of the crime is a person who
has reached the age of 16.