[brityank]

... people should also be aware that it is a federal offense to “knowingly and without authority remove, conceal or withhold a part of the civil aircraft involved in an accident or property on the aircraft at the time of the accident ...”

I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV -- but pray tell, which civil aviation group owns the Shuttle fleet? If your going to bring charges, it had better be "theft of government property"!

[Arkinsaw]

but pray tell, which civil aviation group owns the Shuttle fleet? If your going to bring charges, it had better be "theft of government property"!

Depends on how they interpret "civil". If they interpret it as "not military" then it might work. If they interpret it as "commercially owned" then it wouldn't. Theft of Government Property would work in either case. There may be Texas laws about removing evidence from the scene of an accident that might apply also.