- Title: French court fines Yemenia Airways for 2009 crash
- Date: 14th September 2022
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 2, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF PARIS COURT PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - JUNE 30, 2009) (REUTERS) LOGO OF YEMENIA AIRLINE VARIOUS OF RELATIVES WAITING IN AIRPORT WITH SOME CRYING AT SEA OFF MITSAMIOBI, COMOROS (FILE - JULY 4, 2009) (REUTERS) SEARCH PLANE FLYING OVER WATER MORE OF SEARCH PLANE / SEARCH SHIP IN WATER VARIOUS OF SPEED BOATS ON WATER CARRYING FRENCH DIVERS FRENCH DIVER ON WALKIE TALKIE SPEED BOATS ON WATER
- Embargoed: 28th September 2022 15:23
- Keywords: Airbus Bahia Bakari Comoros Flight 626 Yemenia crash
- Location: PARIS AND ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE / AT SEA OFF MITSAMIOBI, COMOROS
- City: PARIS AND ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE / AT SEA OFF MITSAMIOBI, COMOROS
- Country: France
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA002529714092022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A French court on Wednesday (September 14) said Yemenia Airways was guilty of involuntary homicide linked to the crash of an Airbus A310 that crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros in 2009 and killed 152 people.
The airline was ordered to pay a 225,000 euro ($225,045) fine, according to a court document seen by Reuters.
It also needs to pay more than one million euros in damages and legal costs.
Yemenia Airways could not immediately be reached for comment. The company has 10 days to appeal the court's decision.
The Airbus A310-300 that had left Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros as it approached in bad weather.
Franco-Comoran Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of the ill-fated Yemenia Flight 626, attended the trial when it opened last May. Bakari was 12 years old then and was miraculously found by rescuers after holding on to aircraft debris for 12 hours.
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