I had entirely forgotten to update this thread.......
On 7th December last year, after a couple of months of hearings, there was a shock development - the Prosecutor said the State would no longer seek any convictions of Air France or Airbus:
"Corporate guilt seems impossible for us to demonstrate. We know that this view is difficult to hear for the civil parties, but we are not in a position to demand the condemnation of Airbus and Air France. Instead, Airbus and Air France should be justified in believing at the material time that these training and procedures should have been sufficient to manage the situation of AF 447."
The families - the "civil parties" - of the pilots, crew and passengers expressed some outrage over this prosecutors' decison........
NB - the Prosecutors' announcement does not end the case, as it is the Judges' verdict that matters - and, technically, the Judges
could still announce a conviction, or some other kind of sanction, regardless of the Prosecutors' revised position. That does seem very unlikely though.
I believe the Judges are scheduled to deliver their verdict in a couple of weeks, though these things are often long delayed in France.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/2...io-paris-crash