India, May 22 -- A French court has found that Air France and Airbus are guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a 2009 plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean that killed 228 people on board.
The Paris Court of Appeal ruled the companies are solely and entirely responsible, citing failures to address known safety risks. Each company was fined the maximum legal penalty of 225,000 euros or about $260,000, and were also ordered to pay legal costs.
With the ruling, the Appeals Court overturned a 2023 decision by a lower court that had acquitted the airline and airplane manufacturer from the crash.
Responding to the verdict, Airbus said it plans to appeal the decision to France's highest court, The Court of Cassation, seeking a reexamination of the ...