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Airbus and Air France cleared of manslaughter in Rio-Paris crash

The aircraft manufacturer and France's national carrier were on Monday cleared of manslaughter charges brought against them for the crash of an Air France overnight flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in May 2009, when the Airbus fell into the sea off Brazil killing all 228 people on board. 

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A Paris court has cleared Air France and Airbus of manslaughter charges over the crash of flight AF447 off Brazil, which killed 228 people in 2009, reports The Times.

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