{"id":138981,"date":"2023-04-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=138981"},"modified":"2023-04-27T23:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T23:35:05","slug":"french-public-prosecutors-office-will-appeal-the-acquittal-of-airbus-and-air-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/04\/french-public-prosecutors-office-will-appeal-the-acquittal-of-airbus-and-air-france.html","title":{"rendered":"French Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office will appeal the acquittal of Airbus and Air France for crash of flight AF447"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Paris prosecutor&#8217;s office announced Thursday that it will appeal the acquittal of <strong>Airbus and Air France <\/strong>in the case of the crash of flight AF447, which killed 228 people in June 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By appealing the decision, the prosecution seeks to give &#8220;full effect to the remedies provided by law&#8221; and &#8220;submit the case to a second degree of jurisdiction,&#8221; the institution said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two companies were tried for involuntary manslaughter and on April 17 the Paris court acquitted them of any criminal liability, considering that although &#8220;mistakes&#8221; were made, they could not prove &#8220;any causal link&#8221; with the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision caused outrage among the victims&#8217; families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is an immense relief,&#8221; Alain Jakubowicz, lawyer for some forty victims and for the Entraide et Solidarit\u00e9 association, which represents the victims&#8217; relatives, admitted to AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/04\/iran-sentences-10-military-personnel-for-downing-ukraine-airlines-plane-in-2020.html\">Iran sentences 10 military personnel for downing of Ukraine Airlines plane in 2020<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This appeal by the general prosecutor&#8217;s office was the last chance for the families of the victims,&#8221; he insisted, stressing the numerous &#8220;errors in this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the trial, which took place from October 10 to December 8, the prosecutor&#8217;s office of the Paris judicial court requested the acquittal of both companies, considering that it was &#8220;impossible to prove&#8221; their guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakubowicz welcomed the &#8220;very unusual decision of the attorney general&#8217;s office to appeal,&#8221; considering that the prosecution asked for the acquittal of the companies during the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There will be a new trial, and the determination of the families will be even greater. This gives us a lot of hope,&#8221; the lawyer stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 1, 2009, an A330 operating flight AF447 between Rio de Janeiro and Paris crashed in the middle of the night while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, a few hours after take-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On board the aircraft were 216 passengers of 33 nationalities, including 61 French, 58 Brazilians, two Spaniards and one Argentinean. 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