law: Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982
  CHAPTER II: HIJACKING AND CONNECTED OFFENCES
  3. Hijacking
  (1)
  
  Whoever on board an aircraft in flight, unlawfully, by force or threat of force
  
  or by any other form of intimidation, seizes or exercises control of that
  
  aircraft, commits the offence of hijacking of such aircraft.
  (2)
  
  Whoever attempts to commit any of the acts referred to in sub-section (1) in
  
  relation to any aircraft, or abets the commission of any such act, shall also
  
  be deemed to have committed the offence of hijacking of such aircraft.
  (3)
  
  For the purposes of this section, an aircraft shall be deemed to be in flight
  
  at any time from the moment when all its external doors are closed following
  
  embarkation until the moment when any such door is opened for disembarkation,
  
  and in the case of a forced landing, the flight shall be deemed to continue
  
  until the competent authorities of the country in which such forced landing
  
  takes place take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for persons and
  
  property on board.