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French court finds Air France, Airbus guilty over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
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French court finds Air France, Airbus guilty over 2009 Rio-Paris crash

France 24 · May 21, 2026, 1:07 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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A Paris appeals court Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.

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