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Air France and Airbus facing trial over crash that killed young Co Down doctor Eithne Walls We can confirm we have decided to lodge an appeal Dr Eithne Walls (Image: PA) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A trial has been ordered over the Air France flight 447 disaster that claimed the life of a talented Co Down doctor in 2009. ....
Share this article A French appeals court has ruled Air France and Airbus will stand trial in connection with a plane crash in June 2009, which killed three Irish women. Flight AF447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm on June 1st 2009 - the deadliest crash in Air France s history. All 228 people on board the Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight were killed. Three doctors - Aisling Butler from Tipperary, Jane Deasy from Dublin and Eithne Walls from Belfast - were among those on board. It took two years to find the wreckage of the Airbus A330 jet, which was eventually located by remote-controlled submarines. ....
Updated / Wednesday, 12 May 2021 09:26 Three Irish women were among the 228 who died on the fatal flight Air France and Airbus must stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that killed all 228 people on board, a Paris court has ruled. Flight AF447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm on 1 June, 2009, the deadliest crash in Air France s history. Three Irish women, Aisling Butler, of Roscrea, Co Tipperary, Jane Deasy from Dublin and Eithne Walls, originally from Belfast, were among the dead. With the decision the court followed the prosecutor s recommendation, overturning an earlier court decision to drop the case against the French flagship carrier and Europe s top aircraft maker. ....