Firms given maximum fine of €225,000 each and are expected to appeal after lower court had cleared themA Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew.The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France’s most emblematic companies and families of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims of France’s worst air disaster. Continue reading...
Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
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Tue 19:30 - Al-Monitor
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Thu 11:48 - NRK (NO)
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Thu 11:49 - Aftenposten (NO)
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Thu 11:51 - Le Monde
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Thu 12:15 - La Libre (BE)
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Thu 12:24 - NRK (NO)
Air France and Airbus found guilty of negligent homicide after plane crash in 2009
Thu 12:38 - The Guardian
Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
Thu 13:05 - Die Welt
Plane crash kills 228 - Air France and Airbus convicted of manslaughter
Thu 13:07 - BBC Europe
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash
Thu 13:20 - SRF International
Plane crash 2009 – Air France and Airbus convicted for fatal Rio-Paris flight