Accession Number:

ADA280694

Title:

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation. 1993

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1993-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

107.0

Abstract:

Since 1986, the Federal Aviation Administrations Office of Civil Aviation Security has been publishing an annual report entitled Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation. This report is a compilation of criminal incidents against civil aviation aircraft and interests worldwide. As in last years publication, the 1993 issue contains feature articles and geographic overviews. Incidents are summarized in the overviews, and the feature articles focus on specific aviation-related issues or case histories. These is also a section in which incidents are compared for the 5-year period, 1989 to 1993. Charts, graphs, and maps appear throughout the publication. In one minor change from last years format, an incident chronology appears at the beginning of each geographic overview section. In addition, and asterisk has been added to incidents which are not counted in statistics by are reported for information. This is to distinguish them from those incidents which are counted in statistics.

Descriptors:

• *CIVIL AVIATION
• *CRIMES
• *AIRCRAFT HIJACKING
• SCENARIOS
• HOSTAGES
• ATTACK
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• BOMBING
• INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
• CASUALTIES
• AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Subject Categories:

• Commercial and General Aviation
• Sociology and Law

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE