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  • BAKU: Cabinet of Ministers passes decision permitting to shoot down

    Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers passes decision permitting to shoot down
    aircrafts violating country's airspace

    [ 18 January 2013 17:01 ]
    *If the aircraft does not obey the demand to land, the legislation permits
    to shoot it down*


    Baku. Rashad Suleymanov - APA. The Cabinet of Ministers confirmed the `Rule
    on the use of the airspace of Azerbaijan Republic'.

    The rules prepared in line with the law on aviation, Convention on
    International Civil Aviation Association (ICAO) (Chicago Convention
    December 7, 1944) and its appendixes, cover air traffic security, use of
    the country's airspace. The document determines 13.5/25km-wide borderline
    strip used in the special regime along the state border.

    According to the document, banned zones and limited zones can be determined
    in the airspace of Azerbaijan. When necessary, taking into account the
    state interests the State Civil Aviation Administration can determine
    certain parts of the airspace as banned or limited zones basing on the
    proposals of the relevant executive authorities. Use of airspace in the
    banned and limited zones is prohibited.

    `Umbrella' signal is given in exceptional cases when unidentified or
    material objects appear in the airspace. This signal envisages immediate
    landing or leaving the area (except planes involved to fight against
    aircrafts violating the rules and those exercising rescue functions).

    The violations of the rules of use of Azerbaijan's airspace were found. The
    use of air space without sending poll (table, graphic), warning military
    air forces' bodies, the poll before coming into force and after ending of
    period of poll's validity and without the permission of relevant operative
    body, non-fulfillment of teams of flights governing bodies and
    fighter-interceptor aircraft, implementation of the flights for monitoring,
    use of airspace of banned and limited zones without special permission etc
    are considered the violation of airspace's rules.

    In case of failure of the order to stop the violations in connection with
    the flight of the aircraft under the decision of the command post
    operations, duty airplanes (or helicopters) are raised into the air and
    forcing the above-mentioned aircraft to land at the nearest airport. If the
    aircraft does not obey the demand to land and there is no exact information
    about guiltless passengers on the board, the legislation permits to shoot
    it down.


    From: Baghdasarian
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