pirate ship or aircraft Reference library
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3 ed.)
...control to be used for the purpose of committing as one of the acts referred to in article 101 [acts of piracy]. The same applies if the ship or aircraft has been used to commit any such act, so long as it remains under the control of the persons guilty of that act.’ Warships, government ships, and government aircraft become pirate ships and aircraft if the crew ‘has mutinied and taken control’ of the vessel or craft: art....
