Airbus and Air France were found guilty of corporate manslaughter related to the 2009 crash of flight AF447, in which 228 passengers and crew died. A Paris appeals court ordered both companies to pay the maximum fine of 225,000 each after an eight-week trial. Relatives of those who died gathered to hear the verdict. The case followed the disappearance of the Airbus A330 from radar during an Atlantic storm on 1 June 2009, with people of 33 nationalities on board. Black boxes were recovered two years later after a deep-sea search. A lower court had cleared the companies in 2023, and both companies denied the charges. The fine was criticized as a token penalty, while family groups said a conviction would validate their suffering.
"Airbus and Air France have been found guilty of corporate manslaughter in the 2009 crash of flight AF447, in which 228 passengers and crew were killed. A Paris appeals court on Thursday ordered the two companies to pay the maximum fine of 225,000 (195,000) each, marking a significant milestone in a 17-year legal battle. Relatives of the passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm gathered to hear the verdict following the eight-week trial."
"Flight AF447 vanished from radar screens on 1 June 2009, with people of 33 nationalities on board. The black boxes were recovered two years later after a deep-sea search. In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies, both of which have repeatedly denied the charges. The black boxes from AF447 were recovered two years later after a deep-sea search (Brazilian Navy) In 2012, crash in"
"The fine imposed, amounting to just a few minutes' worth of either company's revenue, has been widely dismissed as a token penalty. But family groups have said a conviction would represent a recognition of their plight. Relatives of the passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm gathered to hear the verdict following the eight-week trial."
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