                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PILOT MAY RESTRAIN OR ARREST PERSON INTERFERING WITH OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE (§ 5.1-20)

The pilot of any aircraft carrying passengers for hire, or any person subject to
his direction, may take such action as is reasonably necessary to restrain or
arrest any person who interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, the
operation of the aircraft in flight over the territory of this Commonwealth or
to a destination within this Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 5-14.1; 1958, c. 561, § 1; 1966, c. 576.