Air France & Airbus guilty of manslaughter: 228 people were killed in 2009 crash over the Atlantic

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The airplane manufacturer Airbus and carrier Air France have been found guilty of manslaughter. A French court ruled that the companies are solely responsible for a 2009 plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people on board the Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed. Al Jazeera’s Lou Browne reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #AirFrance #Airbus #Flight447 #AirFranceCrash #AtlanticCrash #FranceCourt #AviationDisaster #PlaneCrash #RioDeJaneiro #ParisFlight #AviationSafety #AirTravel #AlJazeeraEnglish

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