Air France and Airbus on trial 13 years after Atlantic jet disaster

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PARIS, Oct 7 — More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and planemaker Airbus go on trial in a...

PARIS, Oct 7 — More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and planemaker Airbus go on trial in a Paris court next week with relatives seeking"light at the end of a long tunnel".

But the BEA accident agency also disclosed that Air France had expressed concerns about increased icing incidents before the crash and had started receiving improved speed probes. Experts say the relative roles of pilot or sensor error, as well as erratic displays or fatigue, will be key to the historic trial.

The maximum fine for either company, if convicted of involuntary manslaughter, is just €225,000 or five times the maximum monetary penalty for an individual, who unlike a company can also face jail, according to French legal experts. But a call from the BEA for studies into better tracking in radar dead-zones met little response until the disappearance of a second jet, Malaysia Airlines MH370, five years later.

 

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