Pub. L. 93-366, tit. I, sec. 102

Sec. 102. Section 101(32) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301(32)), relating to the definition of the term “special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States”, is amended to read as follows: “(32) The term ‘special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States’ includes— “(a) civil aircraft of the United States; 88 Stat. 410“(b) aircraft of the national defense forces of the United States; “(c) any other aircraft within the United States; “(d) any other aircraft outside the United States— “(i) that has its next scheduled destination or last point of departure in the United States, if that aircraft next actually lands in the United States; or “(ii) having ‘an offense’, as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if that aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and “(e) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or if none, who has his permanent residence! in the United States; while that aircraft is in flight, which is from the moment when all external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when one such door is opened for disembarkation or in the case of a forced landing, until the competent authorities take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property aboard.”.