A Paris appeals court has found Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter following the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447. The court ruled on Thursday that the airline and the aerospace manufacturer were solely and entirely responsible for the disaster in the Atlantic Ocean, which killed all 228 passengers and crew on board.
The Rio-Paris flight crash stands as the worst disaster in France's aviation history. The victims of the crash were mainly French, Brazilian, and German.
This verdict marks the latest milestone in a 17-year legal marathon. The case involved two of France's most emblematic and largest companies, as well as the families of those who perished in the disaster.