Under what law does an airport go??

Question

When you leave your plane after arriving, you are more or less in no-mans land untill you have passed customs to properly enter that country. If something happens before passing through customs, what court deals with it?? is it an international one, or the one of the country the airport is in ????

Answer 1

is my understanding that when u are in that countries airspace, u are under their jurisdiction. also, if an offense is committed whilst on a flight over international waters, your destination airport becomes the responsable body for hearing the case. there are also, i think, a governing body who dictate all laws regarding air travel, in agreement with countries over which an airline has permission to fly. CAA (civil aviation authority?)

Answer 2

You are subject to the laws of the jurisdiction you are physically in. If an offense occurs, the nature of the offense will determine what agency would handle your case. If you are a foreign national it complicates things a little bit, but you basically are under the laws of the country you are in.

Answer 3

"When you leave your plane after arriving, you are more or less in no-mans land"
Wrong. You have landed on Canadian (or whatever) soil. In fact, even while you were up there you had crossed into Canadian (or whatever) airspace. Canada has soverignity over it.

Also, in the event a baby is born on an aircraft in Canadian airspace it is automatically entitled to Canadian citizenshp.

Answer 4

you are governed by the law of the destination conuntry. ie. if you travelled to USA from the UK and were under 21, you could have a beer on the plane on the way back but not on the way there.

Answer 5

the one the plane lands in has juridiction

Answer 6

you are where you are lol the country you are in or at