French court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash
· DWA Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over a 2009 air crash. The disaster in the Atlantic Ocean claimed the lives of all on board Air France Flight 447.
A French court on Wednesday delivered a dramatic verdict against Airbus and Air France over France's worst air disaster, ruling that both companies were guilty of corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash off Brazil.
Both companies have been ordered to pay the maximum fine of €225,000 ($260,971) each.
More appeals are expected in the case.
More to follow.