Latin America and the Caribbean for CriminalActsAgainstCivilAviation_2000

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Table of Contents

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Geographic Overviews - Significant Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation

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Asia and the Pacific

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Central Eurasia

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Latin America and the Caribbean

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Middle East and North Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Feature Articles

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The Hijacking of Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 805

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Theft of Cargo by Armed Assault - 2000

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Trends 1996-2000

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Attacks at Airports

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Bombings/Attempted Bombings/ Shootings on Civil Aviation Aircraft

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Shootings at In-Flight Aircraft

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Off-Airport Facility Attacks

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Incidents Involving General Aviation/Charter Aviation

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Hijackings of Civil Aviation Aircraft

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Commandeerings of Civil Aviation Aircraft

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Appendix A U.S.-Registered Air Carrier Hijacking Chronology, 1996-2000

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Appendix B Foreign-Registered Air Carrier Hijacking Chronology, 1996-2000

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Appendix C Bombings of Aircraft Chronology, 1996-2000

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Appendix D Chronology of Significant Acts Against Civil Aviation In 2000 By Date

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Appendix E Chronology of Significant Acts Against Civil Aviation In 2000 By Category

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Appendix F Total Incidents, 1996-2000

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Appendix G Politically-Motivated Incidents Involving Civil Aviation, 1996-2000

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Charts and Graphs

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FOREWORD

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation

is a publication of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of CivilAviation Security. This document records incidents that have taken place against civil aviation aircraft and interestsworldwide.

Criminal Acts

has been published each year since 1986. Incidents recorded in this report aresummarized in regional geographic overviews. Feature articles focus on case histories or on specific aviation-related issues. Incidents are also sorted into one of seven categories and compared over a five-year period

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Inaddition, charts and graphs have been prepared to assist the reader in interpreting the data. The cutoff date for information in this report is December 31, 2000.One change in this year’s edition is that the Asia geographic area has been renamed as “Asia and the Pacific.” Thishas been done to better reflect the incidents that occur in the region. In addition, a corrected page for an incidentthat appeared in last year’s issue has also been added and can be found at the end of the “Europe” geographical areasection.The information contained in this publication is derived from a variety of foreign and domestic sources. In manycases, however, specific details of a particular incident may not be available, especially if it occurs outside theUnited States. While every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, it is not always possible to verify accounts of some incidents.The FAA maintains records of aircraft hijackings, bombing attacks, and other significant criminal acts against civiland general aviation interests worldwide, which are used to compile this report. Offenses such as these representserious threats to aviation safety and, in those incidents involving U.S. air carriers or facilities outside the UnitedStates, are often intended as symbolic attacks against the United States.Hijacking and commandeering incidents are viewed within the context of the U.S. Federal criminal statute (49 USC1472 (i)), which defines air piracy as any seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, or by any other form of intimidation, and with wrongful intent, of any aircraft. This report does notdistinguish between an act of air piracy and an attempted act of air piracy for statistical purposes.The 2000 issue of

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation

is available on the world wide web atHTTP://CAS.FAA.GOV/CRIMACTS. The 1996 through 1999

Crimacts

reports are also available on this web site.Charts, maps, and some photos of the more recent reports will be in color on the web site.Criminal Acts Against AviationPage 1

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