A French court on Wednesday said Yemenia Airways was guilty of involuntary homicide linked to a 2009 plane crash that killed 152, a court spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday.
The airline was ordered to pay a 225,000 euro ($225,045) fine, according to a court document. It also needs to pay more than one million euros in damages and legal costs.
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“French justice has acknowledged that Yemenia committed serious mistakes,” said Said Assoumani, head of the victims’ families association. “The ruling is excellent and consistent with our expectations.”
The company has 10 days to appeal the court’s decision.
The Airbus A310-300 that had taken off from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French, crashed into the national archipelago of the Comoros in the Indian Ocean on approach in bad weather. Only one girl survived who was 12 years old at the time.
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