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Paris court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash

South China Morning Post · · 175 words · By Reuters
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“Paris court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash that killed 228”
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Multiple sources, including AFP (via web search) and other news reports, confirm that a Paris appeals court found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter regarding the crash that killed 228 people.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France operates a fleet of 229 aircraft, most of which are manufactured by Airbus Industrie. The airline's fleet of narrow-body aircraft comprises all four Airbus A320 family variants. The airline…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_fleet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France (French pronunciation: [ɛːʁ fʁɑ̃s]; legally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a sub…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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“Flight AF447 vanished from radar screens on June 1, 2009”
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The date (June 1, 2009) and the event (vanishing from radar) are confirmed by The Guardian, Timeslive, Al Jazeera, and Wikipedia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Indonesia AirAsia from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the Airbus A320 flying the route…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The analysis of communications between Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and Inmarsat's satellite telecommunication network provide the primary source of information about Flight 370's location and possibl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_s…
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“people from 33 nationalities on board”
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The fact that passengers and crew represented 33 nationalities is explicitly stated by The Guardian, The Independent, and Timeslive.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Crew resource management or cockpit resource management (CRM) is a set of training procedures for use in environments where human error can have devastating effects. CRM is primarily used for improvin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_resource_management
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Indonesia AirAsia from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the Airbus A320 flying the route…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501
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“the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the aircraft was an Airbus A330 and that it crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean during a storm.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a European aerial refueling and military transport aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330. A total of 17 countries have placed firm orders for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airbus A330 is a wide-body, dual-isle, twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus. Versions of the A330 have a range of 7,400 to 13,430 kilometres (4,000 to 7,250 nautical miles), and can accommodate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A330_operators
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Virgin Atlantic operates a fleet consisting exclusively of wide-body twin-jet aircraft manufactured by Airbus and Boeing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_fleet
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“France’s worst air disaster”
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AFP and other search results explicitly describe the crash of Flight AF447 as the worst disaster in France's aviation history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The analysis of communications between Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and Inmarsat's satellite telecommunication network provide the primary source of information about Flight 370's location and possibl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France operates a fleet of 229 aircraft, most of which are manufactured by Airbus Industrie. The airline's fleet of narrow-body aircraft comprises all four Airbus A320 family variants. The airline…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_fleet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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“The court ordered the companies to pay the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter, €225,000 (US$261,720) each”
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The specific fine of €225,000 each for corporate manslaughter is reported by The Guardian, Timeslive, and EuroNews.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The court ordered the companies to pay the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter, €225,000 (£194,500) each
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/air-france-air…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The court ordered the companies to pay the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter, €225,000 (R4.3m) each
https://timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-05-21-paris-appeals-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The appeal court said that the French flag carrier and Europe's leading aerospace manufacturer were "solely and entirely responsible for the crash of flight AF447", ordering each to pay €225,000, the …
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/air-france-and…
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“prosecutors during the eight-week trial”
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Both EuroNews and France24 explicitly state that the appeal trial lasted eight weeks.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The eight-week appeal trial ran between September and December last year.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/air-france-and…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The eight-week appeal trial ran between September and December last year.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260521-french-court-fin…
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“In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies”
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The Guardian and Timeslive both report that a lower court had cleared the two companies in 2023.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/air-france-air…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies
https://timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-05-21-paris-appeals-…
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