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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

228 were killed when Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic. Their families could finally hear why

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

As the long-awaited criminal trial of Air France and Airbus began in a Parisian court last week, the CEOs of both companies took the stand as the names of the 228 victims of Flight 447 were read out.

Airbus’s Guillaume Faury offered his “deepest sympathy” to the distraught relatives who packed the court, while Anne Rigail insisted the French national airline “will never forget”.

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