A Paris court is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday in the appeal trial of Air France and Airbus over the 2009 crash of Flight AF447 – a disaster that claimed 228 lives and remains the deadliest accident in the history of the French flag carrier. The case has once again drawn attention to one o»»»

PARIS, France, May 21, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A French court will deliver a verdict on Thursday in an appeal trial of Air France and Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier's history. In 2023, both the airline and aircraft mak»»»

Lisa Platt was returning to Toronto with a French exchange student on Air France flight 358 on Aug. 2, 2005. At 15, Platt hadn’t travelled by air very much at that point and was enjoying the trip. “We were all excited, wearing headphones, listening to the same music. It was a great day,” said Platt»»»