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Term Final Examination

Department of Law and Justice


Summer 2020
LLM (Final)
Course Code LLM 523   Course Title: International Aviation Law
*Critically analyze the following situations, identify the relevant legal provisions and give
your opinion.
*Mention under which Convention the situations can be contemplated. 
                                               
1. On a flight from Dhaka to Dubai a passenger’s behavior was totally suspicious. When the
aircraft commander asked him to sit down and to fasten his seat belt, he overruled the
request and started roaming around. The commander requested few other passengers to
hold him tight and then he asked the cabin crews to restraint him. That passengers
remained restrained and he was disembarked to the next airport, though he wished to
continue his journey till the destination. Afterwards the airport authority where he was
being so disembarked did not find anything against him and sent him back to his own
country. The passenger filed a suit in his own country against the aircraft commander,
passengers and crews. The country of registration objected and questioned the
jurisdiction of the country of origin. 

2. On a flight of British Airways flying from USA to Amsterdam a passenger who was a US
citizen was trying to enter into the cockpit with a fire arm. The passengers and crews
managed to stop him. Later on he was being kept separate and detained. He was
disembarked in Paris which was the next airport. The airport authority of Paris handed
him over to the law and enforcing agency. They kept him in custody for 3 months
without taking any action. After 3 months USA found their citizen was held in captivity
and demanded release of the citizen. France plead there is no extradition treaty between
France and USA. 

3. (a) A passenger while travelling in an international flight found that his luggage is
damaged. Advise him how he can claim the damage.

(b) A cargo was carried by an airlines and found that because of the faulty packaging of
the goods the entire area became damp as a result other goods of the carrier were
damaged. Advise carrier if there is any remedy against the owner of the goods.

4. Propose a draft legislation to establish an effective Civil Aviation Authority for SAARC
nations in the light of International Civil Aviation Authority. 

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