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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1970, chapter 708.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1461029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366709,"identifier":"5.1-99","token":"5.1\/9\/2\/5.1-99","url":"\/5.1-99\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-99\/","token":"5.1\/9\/2\/5.1-99","dublin_core":{"Title":"Occasional deviations from authorized routes; emergency landings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-99","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A common carrier by aircraft<\/span>, or a restricted common carrier by aircraft<\/span>, operating under a certificate<\/span> issued by the Commission<\/span> may occasionally deviate from the route over which it is authorized to operate under the certificate<\/span>, under such general or special rules and regulations as the Commission<\/span> may prescribe.<\/p>

No air carrier<\/span> shall be deemed to have violated any term, condition, or limitation of its certificate<\/span> by landing or taking off during an emergency at a point not named in its certificate<\/span> or by operating in an emergency, under regulations which may be prescribed by the Commission<\/span>, between terminal and intermediate points other than those specified in its certificate<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOCCASIONAL DEVIATIONS FROM AUTHORIZED ROUTES; EMERGENCY LANDINGS (\u00a7 5.1-99)\n\nA common carrier by aircraft, or a restricted common carrier by aircraft,\noperating under a certificate issued by the Commission may occasionally deviate\nfrom the route over which it is authorized to operate under the certificate,\nunder such general or special rules and regulations as the Commission may\nprescribe.\n\nNo air carrier shall be deemed to have violated any term, condition, or\nlimitation of its certificate by landing or taking off during an emergency at a\npoint not named in its certificate or by operating in an emergency, under\nregulations which may be prescribed by the Commission, between terminal and\nintermediate points other than those specified in its certificate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 56-153; 1970, c. 708.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}