Schlink Bernhard
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24 September 2007
A new discussion on the legality and legitimacy of shooting down a hijacked passenger plane that might be used to attack objects on the ground was sparked last week (16.9.-21.9.2007) in Germany. It started with a statement of German Minister of Defense, Franz Josef Jung that he would have to order such a shooting in the worst case scenario relying on the concept of a ‘supra-legal state of emergency’ .