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France court upholds Yemenia Airways 2009 crash verdict

A Comoran soldier looks at wreckage recovered from the Indian Ocean in a disused airport hangar in Moroni, after a Yemenia Airlines Airbus A310 aircraft crashed on 30 June 2009, killing 152 on board. AFP - IBRAHIM YOUSSOUF

Yemenia Airways was sentenced on appeal in Paris for manslaughter and unintentional injuries, fifteen years after the crash in 2009 of one of its planes off the coast of the Comoros, which caused the death of 152 people.

The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment of 14 September 2022, which had sanctioned the company with the maximum fine provided for by law at the time, notably 225,000 euros.

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