A Paris court on Monday acquitted Airbus and Air France of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which went down en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris.
— A Paris court on Monday acquitted French plane manufacturer Airbus and national carrier Air France of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris. Almost 14 years after the crash that killed all 228 people on the jet, relatives of the victims said after the court's ruling that they felt justice still had not been done.that lasted just four minutes and 24 seconds.
Philippe Linguet, the brother of a victim of the crash and vice president of the AF447 victims' association, talks to the press at a Paris courthouse on April 17, 2023 after the trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus for the crash of the Rio-Paris Air France flight A330 on June 1, 2009, which killed 228 people.The verdict was hardly a surprise. In December, the prosecution concluded its case by calling for an acquittal, saying the crash was mostly down to pilot error.
Ophélie Touillou lost her brother Nicolas in the crash. Speaking through tears, she said she felt the ruling was"deeply unjust."
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