Interfere with crew member in aircraft

Legislation: Civil Aviation Act 1988 (Cth) s 24(1)(a)

Maximum penalty: 2 years imprisonment

Period: 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 22 charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine with conviction (40.9% or 9 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 11 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the five years to 30 June 2023, interfere with crew member in aircraft was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case). Among the 11 cases, 11 people were male and 0 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was imprisonment without a recognizance release order (36.4% or 4 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 22 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 5: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft by financial year

Number: 22 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 5 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 6: Number of charges of interfere with crew member in aircraft by financial year

Number: 22 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 6 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 10A: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 10A in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 10B: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 10B in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 15: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft by financial year

Number: 11 cases

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 15 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 16: Number of cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft for all people by financial year

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 16 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 21A: Ages of offenders (where age is known) for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing age groups of offenders for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 21A in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 21B: Gender of offenders (where gender is known) for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing gender of offenders for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 21B in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 21C: Number of charges per case (of any sentenced offence) for cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

Number: 11 cases

Bar graph showing the number of charges in cases of interfere with crew member in aircraft

See Table 21C in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.