A Paris appeals court found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 AF447 Rio-Paris crash that killed 228 people, the worst aviation disaster in France. The court ruled the companies were solely and entirely responsible and ordered each to pay 225,000, the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter. The Airbus-built A330 flight lost control while cruising over the Atlantic and plunged into the ocean, leaving no survivors among 216 passengers and 12 crew. The victims included 72 French nationals and 58 Brazilians. Air France and Airbus denied criminal liability and had been acquitted in 2023, but prosecutors appealed to allow the full legal appeals process to proceed.
"A Paris appeals court on Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history. The Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the French flag carrier and Europe's leading aerospace manufacturer were "solely and entirely responsible," ordering each to pay 225,000 - the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter."
"On June 1st, 2009, Air France Flight AF447, travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, was cruising over the Atlantic when the pilots lost control of the aircraft, causing it to plunge into the ocean. There were no survivors among the 216 passengers and 12 crew on board the Airbus-built A330 aircraft, the dead including 72 French nationals and 58 Brazilians."
"The companies, who have denied any criminal liability, blaming pilot error, had been acquitted by a lower court in 2023. Although prosecutors at the time had asked for the charges to be dropped, they had subsequently lodged the appeal to allow "the full potential of the legal appeals procedure" to play out. The eight-week appeal trial ran between September and December last year."
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