Air France, Airbus to face manslaughter charges for crash

The Court of Appeal of Paris has recently ruled that airline Air France-KLM SA and plane maker Airbus SE must stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in relation to the Air France flight 447’s crash on June 1, 2009, Simple Flying reported citing France 24. The ruling overturns a previous decision to drop the charges against the two companies for the crash of the flight AF 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing 228 people onboard.

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