CORRECTED-Paris appeals court finds Airbus, Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter in 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash

A Paris appeals ‌court on Thursday found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter ‌in the 2009 Rio-Paris ‌plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France's worst air ⁠disaster, ​ordering both ⁠companies to pay the maximum fine ⁠of €225,000 each.

The verdict is the ​latest milestone in a 17-year ⁠legal marathon involving two of France's ⁠most ​emblematic companies and relatives of the mainly French, Brazilian ⁠and German victims, with French lawyers ⁠predicting ⁠further appeals to the country's highest court.

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