PARIS — A French appeals court on Monday opened a new trial against Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a passenger jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.
The flight, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, encountered severe weather before crashing.
Investigators concluded that multiple failures occurred simultaneously during the incident.
In 2023, a lower French court acquitted both companies in a landmark public trial.
The new proceedings aim to reexamine their potential liability in one of aviation’s deadliest disasters.