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A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over a 2009 air crash. The disaster in the Atlantic Ocean claimed the lives of all on board Air France Flight 447.
Both companies have been ordered to pay the maximum fine of €225,000 ($260,971) each.
More appeals are expected in the case.
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