French court sentences Yemenia Airways for 2009 crash


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  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO: Franco-Comoran Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310 that crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, arrives to attend the trial for the 2009 plane crash that killed 152 people, at the courthouse in Paris, France, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Wednesday said Yemenia Airways was guilty of involuntary homicide linked to a 2009 plane crash, a court spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.

The airline was ordered to pay a 225,000 euro ($225,045.00) fine, according to a court document seen by Reuters. It also needs to pay more than one million euros in damages and legal costs.

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