The first debris was only spotted at sea five days later. The Airbus A330-200 disappeared from radars over the Atlantic Ocean between Brazil and Senegal with 216 passengers and 12 crew members aboard.
#Truths last horizon trial#
The trial is expected to focus on two key factors: the icing over of external sensors called pitot tubes, and pilot error. Some feel the French justice system has been too soft on Airbus and Air France - two industrial giants in which the French government has an ownership stake. They lost a plane.”įew families in Brazil, which lost 59 citizens in the crash, can afford to travel to France for the trial. She said the companies present themselves as “untouchable,” and that Airbus made no effort to address families’ concerns. Swedish party official suspended after Anne Frank posting Investigators argued for dropping the case, but unusually, judges overruled them and sent the case to court. The companies insist they are not criminally responsible, and Air France has already compensated families.
The worst plane crash in Air France history killed people of 33 nationalities and had lasting impact, leading to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors.īut it almost didn’t come to trial. After more than a decade of legal battles, their families have a chance at justice in a courtroom.Īviation industry heavyweights Airbus and Air France are charged with manslaughter in a trial that opens Monday over the crash of Flight 447 on June 1, 2009. They were among 228 people killed in 2009 when their storm-tossed Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris slammed into the Atlantic. Eric Lamy was about to celebrate his 38th birthday. was heading off on a new oil exploration job. PARIS (AP) - Nicolas Toulliou had just proposed marriage to his girlfriend.
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