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Airbus, Air France on trial over 2009 crash that killed 228 people

Brazil marines recovering debris from the missing Air France jet in the Atlantic Ocean on 08 June 2009

Brazil marines recovering debris from the missing Air France jet in the Atlantic Ocean on 08 June 2009 Source: AAP / AIR FORCE OF BRAZIL HANDOUT/EPA

It is the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and victims' families have been fighting for more than a decade to see the case come to trial.



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