Airbus and Air France face criminal trial over Rio-Paris crash
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The worst plane crash in Air France history killed people of 33 nationalities, and families from around the world are among the plaintiffs.
Airbus and Air France are going on trial on manslaughter charges over the crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms, killing all 228 people on board and leading to changes in air safety regulations.