Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash

abrowne

Hearing this in the news reminded me of William Langewiesche's great piece in vanity fair about the cause: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/10/air-france-...

jbverschoor

Stark contrast between Boeing (US) never been guilty of anything vs Airbus (EU)

burnt-resistor

What portion of blame does the pilot who yanks back on and holds the side stick without understanding the situation deserve? This is flying 101. How poorly trained in basic airmanship were they and how were they allowed to be pilots? That's the blame component for AF.

wolvoleo

Hmm I don't think it's as black and white as just blaming airbus. The pilots literally flew a perfectly flying plane straight into the ocean. And they had plenty of time to understand what was going on. But they didn't. They didn't willingly do it and the system misguided them but that wasn't the only factor. I agree airbus shares the blame but it's not the only one. The pilots should have realised the situation they were in, their training should have been better, there were a lot of factors. Admiral cloudberg has a good deep dive on it. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-long-way-down-the-cr...

Cider9986

My cousin was one of the pilots. I heard he was a great guy, but I never got to meet him.

flightsteward1

I remember reading about this 10-15 years ago. How is it possible that this almost took decades to resolve?