News · 21 May 2026

228 dead: Air France, Airbus guilty for 2009 crash

After a 17-year legal battle, a Paris appeals court delivered a verdict for the families of 228 plane crash victims. Air France and Airbus were found guilty of corporate manslaughter for the 2009 Rio-Paris incident. Each company was ordered to pay the maximum corporate manslaughter fine of €225,000, a figure requested by prosecutors.

By BriefTea Editorial · 21 May 2026 at 17:37

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