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A graduate in German, Jake has a passion for history and regional aviation, and enjoys sampling new carriers and aircraft. He has visited OEM facilities as far and wide as Bristol, Toulouse, and Seattle, and recently enjoyed the milestone of flying his 150th sector as a passenger. Based in Norfolk, UK.
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.
The Paris Appeals Court has officially found both Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash involving one of the French flag carrier’s A330 widebody twinjets. 
Air France flight AF447 was flying from Galeão International Airport (GIG) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, back to the airline’s main hub at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
The accident prompted multiple lengthy legal battles, with Simple Flying reporting as long ago as September of 2019 that a French court had ruled that neither Airbus nor Air France was to blame for the crash. A similar verdict in April of 2023 concluded that it was “impossible to demonstrate” that either party was guilty. Now, however, Air France and Airbus have been charged with manslaughter after all.
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.
