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 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/05/23/1840256/air-france-airbus-guilty-of-corporate-manslaughter-in-2009-air-france-447-crash
+== Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash ==
+Sofia Ferreira Santos - 21 May 2026
+Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people.
+The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer "solely and entirely responsible" for the incident, in which flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
+The passenger jet stalled during a storm and plunged into the water, killing all on board.
+A court had previously cleared the companies in April 2023, but they were found guilty on Thursday after an eight-week trial. Both have repeatedly denied the charges and say they will appeal.
+All 12 crew members and 216 passengers on board the flight were killed when the plane crashed into the sea from a height of 38,000ft (11,580m), making it the deadliest incident in French aviation history.
+The wreckage was located after a long search of 10,000 sq km (3,860 sq miles) of sea floor. But the flight recorder was not found until 2011, after months of deep-sea searches.
+Relatives of some of the passengers, who were mainly French, Brazilian and German nationals, gathered to hear the verdict on Thursday.
+The companies have been asked to pay the maximum fine - €225,000 ($261,720; £194,500) each - but some victims' families have criticised the amount as a token penalty.
+Daniele Lamy, president of the AF447 victims' association, who lost her son in the accident, praised the court's verdict, adding that the justice system was "at last, taking into account the pain of the families faced with a collective tragedy of unbearable brutality".
+https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd2qmdvmq6o