Destroying, damaging or endangering the safety of aircraft

(1) Subject to sub-section (4), a person who unlawfully and intentionally– (a) destroys an aircraft in service or so damages such aircraft as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight; or (b) commits on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence which is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft, commits an offence and shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) Subject to sub-section (4), a person who unlawfully and intentionally places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service any device, explosive, weapon or substance which is 28 likely to destroy the aircraft or is likely to damage the aircraft as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight commits an offence, but nothing in this sub- section shall be construed as limiting the circumstances in which the commission of any act may constitute an offence under sub- section (1). (3) Except as provided in sub-section (4), sub-sections (1) and (2) apply regardless of whether such an act therein referred is committed by a citizen of Belize, or whether the aircraft is registered in Belize. (4) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any act committed in relation to an aircraft used by members of the security services while such members of the security services are on duty.