Airbus and Air France acquitted of manslaughter in the crash of flight AF447 in 2009. The crash killed 228 people, including 72 French and 58 Brazilian.
Airbus committed "four reckless or negligent acts", the court said. The court said that "no definite causal link could be demonstrated with the accident" The prosecutor had requested the acquittal, considering that the guilt of the companies was "impossible to prove""This is the deadliest accident in the history of French companies," said the prosecutor.