LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF OFFENCES COMMITTED ON BOARD AIRCRAFT
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The paper considers maintaining law and order on air transport that is significant task of public authorities and transport infrastructure subjects responsible for monitoring country’s transport system. The magnitude of threats and consequences of violating the law and order is disruptive and often leads to accidents damaging both property and public health. The article is devoted to questions of providing protection against offences that may be committed on board an aircraft, organization of administrative activities of internal affairs transport bodies and other law enforcement officials in aviation security field. International practices on ensuring law and order on air transport, particularly air security services operating in the United States of America, is considered. The article investigates the concept of coercion in legal terms, as a measure of influence on undisciplined passengers, «airborne debauchery», as well as the reasons of unlawful acts on an aircraft. The main types of conflicts that occur on board of an air transport, which result in "air fights", are given. The article considers Russian Federation’s regulations and laws applying to passengers with inappropriate behavior, as well as main measures practising by aircraft crew members and whole airlines to combat offenders, further illustrated by the case of PJSC “Aeroflot - Russian Airlines“. The paper gives a detailed analysis of efficiency of the Russian legislation in this field. Moreover, it has identified required changes to address gaps and recommendations, that could contribute to the effectiveness of combating the offenses committing on board an aircraft.

Matyukhin O.I., (2020), LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF OFFENCES COMMITTED ON BOARD AIRCRAFT. Gaps in Russian Legislation, 2 => 192-196.

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passengers with inappropriate behavior, offense, legislation, aircraft.