Overview

• An appeals court in Paris opens the retrial on Monday, with a schedule running to November 27.
• Prosecutors pressed for a roughly two-month proceeding after the earlier case ended in acquittals for corporate manslaughter.
• Chief executives of Airbus and Air France are expected to make statements at the opening hearing.
• Investigators previously found that iced pitot probes led to faulty speed data and that pilots then mishandled the situation, causing an aerodynamic stall.
• The prior court identified negligent acts by both companies but ruled there was no definitive causal link; any conviction now would carry fines up to €225,000 and could spur further civil claims.