Official investigation found multiple factors contributed to incident, which killed 228 after plane disappeared from radar during a storm
Air France flight 447 trial: ‘I am Aisling’s dad, I feel it is important I speak on her behalf’Prosecutors laid the responsibility primarily with the pilots, who died in the crash. Airbus lawyers also blamed pilot error, and Air France said the full reasons for the crash will never be known. Airbus and Air France had faced potential fines of up to €225,000 each if convicted.
John Butler, the father of Aisling Butler, was the only Irish family member to have joined Entraide et Solidarité AF447, an association of 384 family members affected by the crash. On November 24th, he told the court about the pain of losing his beautiful daughter. The A330-200 plane disappeared from radar in a storm over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1st, 2009, with 216 passengers and 12 crew members aboard. It took two years to find the plane and its black box recorders on the ocean floor, at depths of more than 4,000m.
Air France was accused of not having implemented training in the event of icing of the pitot probes despite the risks. Airbus was accused of not doing enough to urgently inform airlines and their crews about faults with the pitot tubes or to ensure training to mitigate the risk.
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