1. An air carrier shall be held liable for such damage sustained due to the destruction, loss or damaging of the registered luggage and goods if the incident which caused the damage occurred during the air carriage. 2. Air carriage shall include the period during which the luggage and goods are in the custody of the carrier during the flight or during the presence of the airplane at an airport or in any place where the airplane has landed. 3. Air carriage shall not cover the period when the luggage or goods are being carried by land, sea or river outside the airport. However, where such carriage is necessary to ship the luggage or goods or deliver them or to transfer them from one airplane to another, in pursuance of an air carriage contract, it shall be presumed that the damage resulted from an incident which occurred during the air carriage period until the contrary is proved.
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