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PARIS (Reuters) -A French criminal court opened the historic manslaughter trial of Air France and planemaker Airbus on Monday, with angry relatives demanding justice 13 years after an A330 ...
Air France has been in operation since 1933. Its aircraft have been involved in a number of major accidents and incidents. The deadliest accident of the airline occurred on June 1, 2009, when Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with 228 fatalities.
In March 2011, a French judge filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France and Airbus over the crash. [208] The cases against Air France and Airbus were dropped in 2019 and 2011 respectively. [209] [210] [211] A technical investigation was started, the goal of which was to enhance the safety of future flights.
Families say "justice has not been done" 13 years after Flight 447 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone on board.
Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. On the afternoon of 2 August 2005, while landing at Pearson airport, the Airbus A340-313E operating the route overran the runway and crashed into nearby Etobicoke ...
A French criminal court opened the historic manslaughter trial of Air France and planemaker Airbus on Monday, with angry relatives demanding justice 13 years after an A330 jetliner ploughed into ...
AP File On Tuesday, a French judge ordered Air France to pay the families of the victims of flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1,
1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash; Air Littoral Flight 1919; E. Entebbe raid; R. Air France robbery; S. 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash