Final minutes of Air France flight AF477 to be examined as trial opens

Air France and Airbus are being tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter after 228 people died in the 2009 crash

The harrowing final minutes of the Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that went into freefall and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people on board, will be examined as a landmark trial opens in Paris on Monday.

Two aviation industry heavyweights – the airline Air France, and the aircraft maker Airbus – are being tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter for what was the worst plane crash in the French airline’s history.

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