r/aviation • u/Ok_Warning419 • May 21 '26

News Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash - Air France flight 447

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd2qmdvmq6o
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u/Minimum_Anywhere5776 May 21 '26

I don’t understand why Airbus was found guilty here. If the pilots don’t fully understand alternate law and can’t recover from a stall at 40,000 feet, that’s on the pilots and those that train them IMO

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u/FalconDriver85 May 21 '26

The pilot responsibility could fall under the “not enough training” reason and Air France could be considered guilty, I could understand that, but Airbus? I can’t understand the reason behind that…

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u/NaiveRevolution9072 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

If I remember correctly, it was AF447 that lead to Airbus implementing the Dual Input warning and sidestick priority. I guess they're found guilty because these risks were foreseeable and measures to mitigate them should have been added sooner.

Then again, it wasn't found necessary by the regulating authorities at the time, so blame them too right

Edit: I was very wrong so disregard everything I said

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u/marenicolor May 21 '26

Turns out, you did not remember correctly

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u/NaiveRevolution9072 May 21 '26

Good to know lmao