Airbus and Air France will be tried for 2009 accident.
The European manufacturer Airbus and the airline Air France will be tried at the end of the year for involuntary manslaughter for the accident that in 2009 claimed the lives of 228 people on board a flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
According to local press reports on Thursday, the Paris correctional court will open the sessions on October 10 in what is expected to be a highly publicized trial that is scheduled to end on December 8.
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The trial will try to determine the responsibility of Airbus, manufacturer of the A330 that crashed in Atlantic waters on June 1, 2009, a few hours after taking off from Rio de Janeiro, and also Air France, owner of the plane and which managed the flight that was scheduled to land in Paris with 216 passengers and 12 crew members.
And also Air France, which owned the plane and managed that flight that was scheduled to land in Paris with 216 passengers and 12 crew members.
The examining magistrate initially absolved both companies, considering that the causes of the accident were due to the maneuvers carried out by the pilots.
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But the insistence of the victims’ families and the pilots’ unions led to a decision on appeal to reopen the case and, after several appeals by Airbus and Air France, the Supreme Court concluded last August that they must sit in the dock.
Contrary to what the instructors concluded, the Court of Appeal judges established that Air France did not instruct the pilots about the circumstances leading to the accident, while Airbus did not take into consideration the possible failures in the speed sensors.
The court will have to determine whether the manufacturer and the airline are involved, which will have an impact on the compensation of the relatives.
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