Measures for the combat of aviation terrorism

Abstract

The author dealt with the subject of aviation terrorism and mechanisms aimed at combating it. The subject of discussion is the concept of aviation terrorism and its range. Then the author will discuss the international conventions that govern this issue, e.g. the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft of 1970 or the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation of 1971. The author will also present examples from the judicature concerning aviation terrorism. Subsequently, a ruling by the Polish and German Constitutional Tribunal which rejected the shooting of an aircraft violating the airspace of a given country will be analysed. A particular attention will be paid to the mechanisms aiming at securing the airlines and the airports by the state. The paper ends with deliberations on the air traffic safety.

Measures Taken by the European Union Agency for Aviation Safety to Ensure Aviation Safety

“…On the other hand, the field of security is related to dynamics, because it seeks to expand the security system and ensure security on a continuous basis [2,13]. K. Myszona-Kostrzewa believes that aviation security deals with the protection of aviation against unlawful acts, for example terrorist attacks [4,5,6,7,10], and aviation safety is about civil aviation security, which is related to airspace and traffic in this space [11].…”