Aircraft Piracy Amendments

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Aircraft Piracy Amendments - Makes it illegal to threaten to hijack or destroy aircraft. Provides that a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 may be imposed as a result of a civil suit brought on behalf of the United States on anyone who conveys or causes to be conveyed any threat or false information with respect to the hijacking of aircraft. Provides felony penalties for carrying concealed deadly or dangerous weapons aboard aircraft. Extends the coverage of such penalties to foreign air carriers.…