Reading Room Document

Tort Liability of the United States and a Commercial Air Carrier Arising Out of Government Action During a Commercial Aircraft Hijacking

Federal Aviation Administration—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Air Transportation Security (49 U.S.C. § 1357(e))—Management of Aircraft Hijacking (49 U.S.C. § 1472(o)) The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/21716/download.

September 29, 1978