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Nicolas Vaux-Montagny (PA) & Darragh Murphy

Airbus and Air France acquitted of manslaughter charges in trial over 2009 plane crash which left three Irish dead

Airbus and Air France have both been acquitted of manslaughter charges this afternoon in the conclusion of the trial over the 2009 crash of Rio-Paris Flight 447.

A French court ruled today that neither Airbus nor Air France were guilty of manslaughter over the crash, which killed 228 people - among them three Irish women.

Sobs broke out among victims' families in the courtroom as the judges read out the verdict.

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