2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 47. WEAPONS AND INSTRUMENTS OF VIOLENCE
CHAPTER 6. Weapons on Aircraft
35-47-6-1.6. Disrupting operation of aircraft; Class B felony
Sec. 1.6. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally uses force or violence or the threat of force or violence to disrupt the operation of an aircraft commits a Level 4 felony.
(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally uses force or violence or the threat of force or violence to hijack an aircraft in flight commits a Level 2 felony.
(c) For purposes of this section, an aircraft is considered to be in flight while the aircraft is:
(1) on the ground in Indiana:
(A) after the doors of the aircraft are closed for takeoff; and
(B) until the aircraft takes off;
(2) in the airspace above Indiana; or
(3) on the ground in Indiana:
(A) after the aircraft lands; and
(B) before the doors of the aircraft are opened after landing.
As added by P.L.59-2002, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.599.
