Air France and Airbus face the start of a manslaughter trial, 13 years after an A330 jet plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board
The heads of both companies pleaded not guilty to involuntary corporate manslaughter after officials read out the names of all 228 who died when AF447 vanished during a night-time equatorial storm en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009.
But France's BEA accident agency also revealed earlier discussions between Air France and Airbus about the reliability of the probes, and made dozens of safety recommendations from cockpit design to training and search-and-rescue. Airbus blames pilot error for the crash while the flag carrier claims confusing alarms overwhelmed the pilots.
It is the first time French companies face trial for "involuntary manslaughter" following an air crash. Victims' families say individual managers should also be in the dock. "For us it is about something else, the truth...and ensuring lessons are learned from all these great catastrophes. This trial is about restoring a human dimension," he told reporters.AF447 sparked a rethink about training and technology and is seen as one of a handful of accidents that changed aviation, including industry-wide improvements in handling lost control.
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