Chương 4 Nghị định 81/2010/NĐ-CP: Đối phó với hành vi can thiệp bất hợp pháp

Chapter IV

RESPONSE TO ACTS OF UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

Article 31. Purposes, requirements and guidelines of response to acts of unlawful interference

1. To proactively prevent, deter and effectively respond to acts of unlawful interference and limit as much as possible negative consequences of these acts once they occur, prioritize assurance of safety for human lives; prioritize assurance of safety for hostages and utilize necessary measures of violence only when there is no alternative solution.

2. To prioritize flight direction and other necessary assistance for aircraft in flight which are subject to unlawful interference.

3. To maintain to the utmost normal operation at places in which acts of unlawful interference occur.

4. To comply with Vietnamese laws and the international convention on civil aviation and relevant treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party.

5. To implement the principle of 4 on-sites: on-site response; on-site force; on-site equipment and on-site logistics.

Article 32. Classification of acts of unlawful interference

1. The level-1 group of serious acts consists of:

a/ Unlawfully seizing an aircraft;

b/ Seizing and possibly using an aircraft as a weapon; using an aircraft for the purpose of bombing, spraying toxic substances, biological or chemical weapons or radioactive substances;

c/ Launching armed attacks on an aircraft in flight (aircraft having taken off and not yet landed):

d/ Making organized armed attacks at an airport or airfield or a work and facilities that serve flight operations;

e/ Seizing, making violent and terrorist attacks at an airports or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

f/ Taking hostage on board an aircraft.

2. The level-2 group of serious acts consists of:

a/ Unlawful introduction of bombs, mines, guns, ammunitions, biological or chemical weapons or radioactive substances on board an aircraft, into an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

b/ Launching armed attacks against the civil aviation security or guard force of an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

c/ Taking hostage at an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

d/ Threatening to place bombs; mines, biological or chemical weapons on an aircraft in night;

3. The level-3 group of serious acts consists of:

a/ Unlawfully introducing flammables, explosives, rudimentary weapons, common substances which can make up dangerous articles for the purposes of creating explosives and other dangerous articles on board an aircraft or into an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

b/ Threatening to place bombs, mines, biological or chemical weapons at an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

c/ Damaging an aircraft, airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations;

d/ Attacking the civil aviation security or guard force of an airport or airfield or an establishment providing services of assuring flight operations.

Article 33. Direct response to acts of unlawful interference

Direct response to unlawful acts of interference with civil aviation must comply with an overall emergency plan on response to unlawful acts of interference promulgated by the Prime Minister.