Article 64 Flights over a foreign countryI1
United Kingdom
The operator and the commander of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man (or, if the operator’s principal place of business or permanent residence is in the Isle of Man, any other aircraft) that is being flown over a foreign country, must not allow the aircraft to be used for a purpose that is prejudicial to the security, public order or public health of, or to the safety of air navigation in relation to, that country.
A person does not contravene paragraph (1) if the person neither knew nor suspected that the aircraft was being or was to be used for a purpose referred to in the paragraph.
Subject to paragraph (4), the operator and the commander of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man (or, if the operator’s principal place of business or permanent residence is in the Isle of Man, any other aircraft) that is being flown over a foreign country must comply with any directions given by the appropriate aeronautical authorities of the country whenever—
the flight has not been duly authorised; or
there are reasonable grounds for the appropriate aeronautical authorities to believe that the aircraft is being or will be used for a purpose that is prejudicial to the security, public order or public health of, or to the safety of air navigation in relation to, the country.
A direction under paragraph (3) need not be complied with if to do so would endanger the lives of persons on board or the safety of the aircraft.
A person does not contravene paragraph (3) if the person neither knew nor suspected that directions were being given by the appropriate aeronautical authorities.
The requirement in paragraph (3) is without prejudice to any other requirement to comply with directions of an aeronautical authority.
In this article “appropriate aeronautical authorities” includes a person, whether a member of a country’s military or civil authorities, authorised under the law of the foreign country to issue directions to aircraft flying over that country.