Just a note that the Involuntary Manslaughter trial of Air France and Airbus starts in Paris today. Unlike previous somewhat similar trials, no named individuals are being prosecuted, it being all at the corporate level.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...h-trial-airbus
Just to add a few things - the trial is due to last until December 8th; though verdicts are often very slow to come in France after such trials. The two main charges are:
Air France pour s’être
«abstenu de mettre en œuvre une formation adaptée (et) l’information des équipages qui s’imposait» face au givrage des sondes,
«ce qui a empêché les pilotes de réagir comme il le fallait».
[Air France for having failed to put in place a training program and alert system regarding probe icing events, which failure prevented the crew from resoving the situation]
Airbus a été renvoyé pour avoir
«sous-estimé la gravité des défaillances des sondes anémométriques équipant l’aéronef A330, en ne prenant pas toutes les dispositions nécessaires pour informer d’urgence les équipages des sociétés exploitantes et contribuer à les former efficacement».
[Airbus is charged with having underestimated the seriousness of probe icing events on the A330, and not having done everything to give urgent alerts to operators and to help them to put proper training in place.]
[The charge details taken from today's Figaro, subscription access only]