# A Paris Appeals Court has found Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for the 2009 crash of Flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board. The passenger jet, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalled during a storm and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 216 passengers and 12 crew members. This ruling reverses the 2023 acquittal of both Air France and Airbus. The court has ordered the companies to pay the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter, which is over four-million-299-rand each.
Air France and Airbus found guilty of corporate manslaughter for deadly 2009 crash