Section 35: Offences against the safety of civil aviation.

(1) A person who—
(a) commits an act of violence against a person on board an aircraft in flight, if that act is likely to endanger the safety of that aircraft,
(b) destroys an aircraft in service, or causes damage to an aircraft which renders it incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger its safety in flight,
(c) places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service, by any means whatsoever, a device or a substance which is likely to destroy that aircraft, or cause damage to it, which renders it incapable of flight, or cause damage which is likely to endanger its safety in flight,
(d) destroys or damages air navigation facilities or interferes with their operation, if the act is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft in flight, or
(e) communicates information, which the person knows to be false, thereby endangering the safety of the aircraft in flight, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to—
(i) imprisonment for a term of at least 20 years, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who threatens to commit an offence provided for under subsection (1)(a)-(d) with the aim of compelling the State or a person to do or refrain from doing any act, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years.