Singapore legislation
Section 5
of Hijacking of Aircraft and Protection of Aircraft and International Airports Act 1978
Section 5
Destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft
(1)
Subject to subsection (5), a person who unlawfully and intentionally —
destroys an aircraft in service or so damages the aircraft as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
commits on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence which is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft,shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
Subject to subsection (5), a person who unlawfully and intentionally places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service any device or substance which is likely to destroy the aircraft or is likely so to damage it as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (2) is to be construed as limiting the circumstances in which the commission of any act —
may constitute an offence under subsection (1); or
may constitute attempting or conspiring to commit or abetting the commission of the offence.
(4)
Except as provided by subsection (5), subsections (1) and (2) apply whether any act mentioned in those subsections is committed in Singapore or elsewhere, whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person committing the act or whatever the State in which the aircraft is registered.
(5)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any act committed in relation to an aircraft used in military, customs or police service unless —
the act is committed in or over Singapore; or
where the act is committed outside Singapore, the person committing the act is a citizen of Singapore.