Editing Aircraft hijacking (section)

===Germany===
In January 2005, a federal law came into force in [[Germany]], called the {{Lang|de|[[Luftsicherheitsgesetz]]}}, which allows "direct action by armed force" against a hijacked aircraft to prevent a September 11–style attack. However, in February 2006 the [[Federal Constitutional Court]] struck down these provisions of the law, stating such preventive measures were unconstitutional and would essentially be state-sponsored murder, even if such an act would save many more lives on the ground. The main reason behind this decision was that the state would effectively be killing innocent hostages in order to avoid a terrorist attack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/EN/2006/02/rs20060215_1bvr035705en.html|title=Bundesverfassungsgericht - Decisions - Authorisation to shoot down aircraft in the Aviation Security Act void|last=First Senate|date=2006-02-15|website=www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706145039/https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/EN/2006/02/rs20060215_1bvr035705en.html|archive-date=2019-07-06|url-status=live}}</ref> The Court also ruled that the [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Minister of Defense]] is constitutionally not entitled to act in terrorism matters, as this is the duty of the state and federal police forces.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-02-15 |title=German court rejects hijack law |website=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4715878.stm |url-status=live |access-date=2006-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629200323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4715878.stm |archive-date=2006-06-29}}</ref> [[President of Germany]] [[Horst Köhler]] urged judicial review of the constitutionality of the ''Luftsicherheitsgesetz'' after he signed it into law in 2005.