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Air France and Airbus Face Appeal Trial in Paris Over 2009 AF447 Crash

A prior court cleared both firms for lack of a proven causal link.

Gut 16 Jahre nach dem Flugzeugabsturz mit 228 Toten zwischen Rio und Paris geht es vor Gericht erneut um die Frage, ob die französische Fluggesellschaft Air France und der Flugzeugbauer Airbus sich der fahrlässigen Tötung schuldig gemacht haben.
Die Ursache der schlimmen Flugzeug-Katastrophe ist noch immer unklar.
Gut zwei Jahre nach dem Freispruch von Air France und Airbus im Prozess zum Flugzeugabsturz zwischen Rio und Paris beginnt am Montag in Paris der Berufungsprozess.

Overview

  • The appeal opened Monday at the Paris Court of Appeal with both companies charged with negligent homicide over Flight AF447.
  • Prosecutors seek to overturn the earlier acquittal, with potential fines of up to €225,000 if convictions are returned, and 281 civil parties have joined the case.
  • Investigations concluded that iced Pitot tubes caused the loss of airspeed data and autopilot, and the disoriented crew pitched up before the jet stalled and plunged into the Atlantic.
  • First-instance judges faulted Airbus for failing to replace suspect Pitot probes promptly and faulted Air France for insufficient pilot information, yet found causation unproven.
  • The A330 disappeared on June 1, 2009 en route from Rio to Paris, killing 228 people, and its wreckage and recorders were later found in nearly 4,000 meters of water.