The Paris Court of Appeals on Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter in connection with the crash of flight AF447, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 on the Rio de Janeiro–Paris route with a death toll of 228 people. The ruling overturns the April 2023 decision in which both companies had been acquitted, and finds the airline and the manufacturer “solely and entirely responsible” for the disaster, according to the BBC news agency. Both Air France and Airbus rejected the charges and announced they would appeal.

A Paris court is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday in the appeal trial of Air France and Airbus over the 2009 crash of Flight AF447 – a disaster that claimed 228 lives and…

A companhia aérea e a fabricante Airbus foram absolvidas em um primeiro processo e Ministério Público recorreu; o voo que partiu do Rio com destino a Paris matou 228 pessoas

Tribunal de apelação vai anunciar veredicto sobre o acidente do voo AF447, que caiu no Atlântico em 2009, matando 228 pessoas.

Les deux entreprises étaient accusées d’homicides involontaires, après le crash du vol Rio-Paris dans l’Atlantique, en 2009.

A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over a 2009 air crash. The disaster in the Atlantic Ocean claimed the lives of all on…

Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228…

Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228…

Flight AF447 vanished from radar screens on June 1, 2009, with people from 33 nationalities on board.

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The Paris Appeals Court has found Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter after flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009

La sentencia fue por "homicidio involuntario" por el accidente en 2009 del vuelo que iba de Río de Janeiro a París.En una instancia previa, la Justicia francesa había absuelto a…

Verdict is latest legal milestone over France’s worst ever air disaster

Ao todo 228 passageiros e tripulantes, de 33 nacionalidades, morreram quando o Airbus A330 da Air France desapareceu na escuridão durante uma tempestade no Atlântico

The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France's most emblematic companies and relatives of the victims.

The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France's most emblematic companies and relatives of the victims.

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…

Queda de aeronave no Oceano Atlântico em 1ª de junho de 2009 deixou 228 pessoas mortas; Justiça da França condenou empresas

El tribunal de apelación de París revocó la absolución dictada en primera instancia y declaró culpables a ambas empresas por homicidios involuntarios. La sentencia les impuso la…

Aeroplane travelling from Rio to Paris disappeared from radar during an Atlantic storm

A Paris court found on Thursday Airbus and Air France guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which killed 228 people on a flight between Rio de Janeiro and...