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Air France, Airbus back in court over deadly 2009 Rio-Paris flight

Debris from the crashed Air France flight AF447 at the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, 14 June 2009. © Eraldo Peres/AP file photo

Air France and Airbus are back in court Monday to face an appeal against their 2023 acquittal over the 2009 crash of flight AF447 from Rio to Paris, which killed all 228 on board - the airline’s deadliest disaster.

On 1 June 2009, Air France flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris was cruising over the Atlantic when the pilots lost control of the aircraft and plunged into the ocean.

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