[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1544.303]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1544_AIRCRAFT OPERATOR SECURITY: AIR CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL 
OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D_Threat and Threat Response
 
Sec. 1544.303  Bomb or air piracy threats.

    (a) Flight: Notification. Upon receipt of a specific and credible 
threat to the security of a flight, the aircraft operator must--
    (1) Immediately notify the ground and in-flight security 
coordinators of the threat, any evaluation thereof, and any measures to 
be applied; and
    (2) Ensure that the in-flight security coordinator notifies all 
crewmembers of the threat, any evaluation thereof, and any measures to 
be applied; and

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    (3) Immediately notify the appropriate airport operator.
    (b) Flight: Inspection. Upon receipt of a specific and credible 
threat to the security of a flight, each aircraft operator must attempt 
to determine whether or not any explosive or incendiary is present by 
doing the following:
    (1) Conduct a security inspection on the ground before the next 
flight or, if the aircraft is in flight, immediately after its next 
landing.
    (2) If the aircraft is on the ground, immediately deplane all 
passengers and submit that aircraft to a security search.
    (3) If the aircraft is in flight, immediately advise the pilot in 
command of all pertinent information available so that necessary 
emergency action can be taken.
    (c) Ground facility. Upon receipt of a specific and credible threat 
to a specific ground facility at the airport, the aircraft operator 
must:
    (1) Immediately notify the appropriate airport operator.
    (2) Inform all other aircraft operators and foreign air carriers at 
the threatened facility.
    (3) Conduct a security inspection.
    (d) Notification. Upon receipt of any bomb threat against the 
security of a flight or facility, or upon receiving information that an 
act or suspected act of air piracy has been committed, the aircraft 
operator also must notify TSA. If the aircraft is in airspace under 
other than U.S. jurisdiction, the aircraft operator must also notify the 
appropriate authorities of the State in whose territory the aircraft is 
located and, if the aircraft is in flight, the appropriate authorities 
of the State in whose territory the aircraft is to land. Notification of 
the appropriate air traffic controlling authority is sufficient action 
to meet this requirement.