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Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash that killed 228 people
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Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash that killed 228 people

A Paris appeals court found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 people. Both companies were fined €225,000 each, a penalty dismissed as token but seen by families as a recognition of their plight.

A French court fined Airbus and Air France the maximum €225,000 each for corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Air France Flight 447 crash. Relatives of the 228 victims, who died in the Atlantic storm, have pursued a 17-year legal battle for accountability.