Court Finds Airbus, Air France Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In AF447 Crash

Court Finds Airbus, Air France Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In AF447 Crash | Aviation Week

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Helen Massy-Beresford
May 21, 2026

This Air France A330 is not the aircraft involved in the 2009 crash.

Credit: Pavel 1964/Alamy

The Paris Court of Appeal has found Airbus and Air France guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the June 1, 2009, loss of Air France Flight 447, a decision the aircraft manufacturer said it would appeal. The flight’s Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro…

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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