Federal · Title 49 — Transportation

49 U.S.C. § 46310: Reporting and recordkeeping violations

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Air carriers and their officers/agents who intentionally falsify, conceal material facts, or make false statements in aviation safety reports face criminal penalties including up to 5 years imprisonment.

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failing to make a report or keep a record under this part; falsifying, mutilating, or altering a report or record under this part; or filing a false report or record under this part. An air carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of an air carrier shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for intentionally falsifying or concealing a material fact, or inducing reliance on a false statement of material fact, in a report or record under section 44701(a) or (b) or any of sections 44702–44716 of this title.

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