{"id":15491,"date":"2026-05-22T17:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/15491\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:59:27","slug":"paris-court-finds-airbus-air-france-guilty-in-2009-crash-that-killed-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/15491\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash that killed 228"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Paris appeal court on Thursday found <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/airbus?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Airbus<\/a> and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash \u200cthat killed 228 passengers and crew in France\u2019s worst air disaster.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France\u2019s most emblematic companies and relatives of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Relatives of some of the 228 passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm gathered to hear the verdict after their \u206017-year legal battle to pinpoint blame for France\u2019s worst air disaster.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The court ordered the companies to pay the \u200cmaximum fine for corporate manslaughter, \u20ac225,000 (US$261,720) each, following the request of prosecutors during the eight-week trial.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies, both of which have repeatedly \u200cdenied the charges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pictures of the Air France flight 447 plane body (left) and wing, which rest on the ocean floor, are projected during a news conference in Paris in 2011. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3ea59337-9c9b-4435-8fab-65bd8ca85359_b8bc3e95.jpg\" title=\"Pictures of the Air France flight 447 plane body (left) and wing, which rest on the ocean floor, are projected during a news conference in Paris in 2011. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Pictures of the Air France flight 447 plane body (left) and wing, which rest on the ocean floor, are projected during a news conference in Paris in 2011. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The maximum fines, amounting to just a few minutes of either company\u2019s revenue, \u2060have been widely dismissed \u2060as a token penalty. 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