French Court Clears Air France, Airbus Over Rio-Paris Plane Crash April 17, 2023 By Tim Hepher and Juliette Jabkhiro A French court on Monday cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of “involuntary manslaughter,” upsetting families of some of...
Air France, Airbus Execs Plead Not Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for 2009 Crash October 11, 2022 By Tim Hepher and Yiming Woo A French criminal court opened the historic manslaughter trial of Air France and planemaker Airbus on Monday, with angry relatives...
Air France and Airbus Face Manslaughter Trial in French Court Over Rio-Paris Crash October 10, 2022 By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Jeffrey Schaeffer PARIS (AP) – Nicolas Touillou had just proposed marriage to his girlfriend. Nelson Marinho Jr. was heading off on a...
Airbus, Air France Could Face Charges of Manslaughter over Deadly Crash in 2009 May 13, 2021 By Gaspard Sebag and Charlotte Ryan Airbus SE and Air France-KLM could face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the deadly crash of a Paris-bound plane off...
France Urges Parts Review After Airbus A380 Engine Blowout Caused by Metal Fatigue October 1, 2020 By Tim Hepher and Laurence Frost French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they...
French Court Clears Continental of Criminal Liability for 2000 Concorde Crash November 30, 2012 By Thierry Leveque Continental Airlines was cleared on Thursday of criminal responsibility for the Concorde crash in Paris in 2000 that killed 113...
Equipment Failure, Training, Inspection Flaws at Fault for Rio-Paris Crash July 6, 2012 By Alexandria Sage and Tim Hepher Pilot error, defective sensors, inadequate training and insufficient oversight combined to send an Air France passenger plane plunging into the...
Rio-Paris Crash Probe Finds Air France Pilots Ignored Warnings July 29, 2011 By Tim Hepher French investigators said on Friday that the crew of Air France’s Rio-Paris flight which crashed into the Atlantic two years...
Air France Crash Investigation Sparks Pilot Mystery May 31, 2011 By Tim Hepher and Gerard Bon A French airliner plunged out of control for four minutes before crashing into the Atlantic in 2009, investigators said, in...
Tensions between Air France, Airbus Erupt in Crash Investigation May 19, 2011 By Tim Hepher and Cyril Altmeyer A row has erupted between Air France and Airbus as pressure grows to explain the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash using...