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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="5-1001" title_number="5" title_name="Aviation" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Operation of Aircraft">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a public right to freedom of transit in air commerce through the airspace of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The operation of aircraft over the lands and waters of this State is lawful, unless the operation is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At so low an altitude as to interfere with any lawful existing use of the land or water or the space above the land or water; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conducted in a manner imminently dangerous to persons or property on the land or water.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for a forced or emergency landing, a person may not land an aircraft on the lands or waters of any other person without the consent of that other person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For damages caused by a forced or emergency landing, a person is liable as set forth in § 5-1005 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
