1969 in Aviation - Airlines Disestablished in 1969, Airlines Established in 1969, Aviation Accidents and Incidents in 1969, Air Midwest (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Airlines disestablished in 1969, Airlines established in 1969, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969, Air Midwest, Tokyo Convention, List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1969, Mandala Airlines, British Airtours, EC-121 shootdown incident, Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking, Intra Airways, Eagle Airways, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, Maersk Air, Mohawk Airlines Flight 411, Transporte Aereo Rioplatense, LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, TWA Flight 840, Air Guadeloupe, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933, Cascade Airways, Safair, United Airlines Flight 266, Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708, Rivet Amber crash, Rich International Airways, Botswana National Airways, Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, Grafair, Seaboard World Airlines landing at Marble Mountain, Viasa Flight 742, Zimex Aviation, Philippine Airlines Flight 158, FLN Frisia Luftverkehr, LAN Chile Flight 160, Abelag Aviation, AeroSucre, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, Air Evac, Air Yugoslavia, Swift Aire Lines, Golden Pacific Airlines. Excerpt: The Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft, commonly called the Tokyo Convention, is an international treaty, concluded at Tokyo on September 14, 1963. It entered into force on December 4, 1969, and has been ratified by 185 parties. The Convention is applicable to offences against penal law and to any acts jeopardising the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation. Coverage includes the commission of or the intention to commit offences and certain other acts on board aircraft registered in a Contracting State in-flight over the high seas and any other areas beyond the territory of any State in addition to the airspace belonging to any Contracting State. Criminal jurisdiction may be exercis...