Airbus and Air France have gone on trial facing manslaughter charges over a crash in which a Scot died. Graham Gardner died in the 2009 disaster while he was trying to get home early to see his family.
Tragically, the 52-year-old merchant seaman was on the doomed AF447 flight from Brazil after he swapped flights. The Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms, killing all 228 people on board and leading to changes in air safety regulations.
The worst plane crash in Air France history killed people of 33 nationalities, and families from around the world are among the plaintiffs in the case. They have fought for more than a decade to see the case come to trial.
