Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 164. Crime Aboard Aircraft.

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 164. Crime Aboard Aircraft.

Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 164. Crime Aboard Aircraft.

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The Bureau opened this classification in 1961 for investigations under a 1961 law that made air piracy, inteference with flight crews, and other acts aboard planes, such as murder, Federal Crimes. This law was followed by the Tokyo, Hague and Montreal conventions concerning hijacking during international flights and ultimately implemented by the United States in the 1974 Anti-Hijacking act. The 1974 act also gave the Federal Aviation Administration exclusive jurisdiction in hijacking situtions in-flight. a 1979 law made bringing a concealed weapon aboard an aircraft a Federal Crime. Under these basic laws the FBI has negotiated with other agencies for jurisdictional control. Under agreements of 1970 and 1974 the FAA had primary jurisdiction during flights and the FBI had primary jurisdiction when the plane was at rest on the ground under the 1971 agreement and when an external door was opened under the 1974 agreement. The FBI clashed with the U.S. Marshal's Service, whose marshals stationed at airports often made arrests and undertook investigations. During the early 1970s the FBI briefly shared with the Marshal's Service the duty of placing guards on flights. In 1976 the Bureau reached agreement with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and gained primary jurisdiction over cases of bombs found in checked luggage. The Bureau also clashed with the Airline Pilots Association over agents carrying weapons during flights; the Bureau believed the pilots' lobbying helped to exclude the Bureau from in-flight jurisdiction in favor of the FAA under the 1974 law.

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