Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation, 1998

摘要

This report, entitled 'Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation', is a compilation of hijackings, bombings, and other significant criminal acts against civil and general aviation interests worldwide. Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation is a publication of the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Civil Aviation Security. This document records incidents that have taken place against civil aviation aircraft and interests worldwide. Criminal Acts has been published each year since 1986. Incidents recorded in this report are summarized in regional geographic overviews. Feature articles focus on case histories or on specific aviation-related issues. Incidents are also sorted into one of seven categories and compared over a five-year period. In addition, charts and graphs have been prepared to assist the reader in interpreting the data. The cutoff date for information in this report is December 31, 1998. A new appendix, Appendix G, appears in this year's Criminal Acts report. This appendix identifies which aviation incidents in the past five years are considered politically-motivated acts. Incidents for 1998 in this category are so identified in the individual incident summaries contained in the geographic regional reports.