(2) For the purposes of this Part, the period during which an aircraft is in flight shall be deemed to include—
- (a) any period from the moment when power is applied for the purpose of the aircraft taking off on a flight until the moment when the landing run, if any, at the termination of that flight ends;
- (b) any further period from the moment when all external doors, if any, of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the moment when any such door is opened for disembarkation after that flight; and
- (c) if the aircraft makes a forced landing, any period thereafter until the time when competent authorities of the country in which the forced landing takes place take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property on board the aircraft,
and any reference in this Part to an aircraft in flight shall include a reference to an aircraft during any period when it is on the surface of the sea or land but not within the territorial limits of any country.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), the reference to a country or the territorial limits thereof shall be construed as including a reference to the territorial waters, if any, of that country.
Appointment and training of air marshals
61.—(1) The Commissioner may appoint any police officer to serve as an air marshal on board any Singapore aircraft.
(2) The Commissioner shall provide for the appropriate training and supervision for all air marshals.
Commissioner may require deployment of air marshals on board Singapore aircraft
62.—(1) Where the Commissioner has reason to believe that any passenger flight to be performed by a Singapore aircraft presents high security risks, he may, by order in writing served on the operator of that aircraft, require the operator to permit the deployment of one or more air marshals on that passenger flight.
(2) An order made under subsection (1) may require the operator of the Singapore aircraft to provide seating for the air marshals deployed on the
