French investigating judges have decided that Air France will not be
prosecuted for the crash of flight AF447 in 2009. The crash is the result
of pilot errors, for which the airline cannot be held responsible.
 
The judges thereby go against the wishes of the public prosecutor who wants
to press the case against Air France, partly because the pilots were not
well trained.
 
Relatives of the 228 fatalities have informed the AP news agency that they
are appealing the decision. They are furious and call it
"incomprehensible" that Air France is not being prosecuted.
 
Flight AF447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 during a flight
from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The crash with the Airbus A330-200 has caused
a lot of discussion for years. Initially, the accident was attributed to a
combination of technical and human failure. Later research put the blame
more emphatically on the pilots.
 
In 2012, researchers discovered that the crew was overwhelmed by the
emergency that arose from unreliable speed data due to a pitot tube clogged
with ice. In itself, the situation had been manageable, but the pilots did
not properly assess the situation which occured. The aircraft then stalled
and crashed.
 
In line with the wishes of the public prosecutor, Airbus is also not
prosecuted for the crash.

--- D'Bridge 3.99