Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash

Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris

The families of victims of France's worst-ever air disaster said they were devastated" after a Paris court cleared Air France and Airbus of manslaughter charges over a 2009 crash that caused the deaths of 228 people.

Giving its verdict on Monday, the court said that, if there had been faults committed, no certain causal link" with the accident had been demonstrated.