Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

For the purposes of Division 4 of Part 2, a person commits an unlawful act if he or she:

commits an act of violence against anyone on board an aircraft in flight, being an act likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft; or

destroys an aircraft in service, or causes damage to such an aircraft which renders it incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger its safety in flight.

For the purposes of Division 4 of Part 2, a person commits an unlawful act if he or she does any of the following:

places, or causes to be placed, on an aircraft in service a substance or thing that is likely to destroy the aircraft;

places, or causes to be placed, on an aircraft in service a substance or thing that is likely to cause damage to the aircraft which renders it incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger its safety in flight;

destroys or damages any navigation facilities or interferes with their operation, being destruction, damage or interference that is likely to endanger the safety of an aircraft in flight;

communicates information which he or she knows to be false, thereby endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight.