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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366709</law_id><section_number>5.1-99</section_number><catch_line>Occasional deviations from authorized routes; emergency landings</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="9" identifier="5.1">Aviation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="9">Air Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Issuance of Certificates of Convenience and Rights Thereunder</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">common carrier by aircraft</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">restricted common carrier by aircraft</span>, operating under a <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may occasionally deviate from the route over which it is authorized to operate under the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, under such general or special rules and regulations as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may prescribe.</p><p>No <span class="dictionary">air carrier</span> shall be deemed to have violated any term, condition, or limitation of its <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> by landing or taking off during an emergency at a point not named in its <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> or by operating in an emergency, under regulations which may be prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, between terminal and intermediate points other than those specified in its <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 56-153; 1970, c. 708.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
