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More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and plane maker Airbus go on trial in a Paris court on Monday with relatives seeking “light at the end of a long tunnel.”

ReutersFILE PHOTO: Debris of the missing Air France flight 447, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Recife's port June 14, 2009. An Air France Airbus 330 crashed into the sea on June 1 en route from Brazil to Paris, killing all 228 aboard.FILE PHOTO: Debris of the missing Air France flight 447, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Recife's port June 14, 2009. An Air France Airbus 330 crashed into the sea on June 1 en route from Brazil to Paris, killing all 228 aboard.

But the BEA accident agency also disclosed that Air France had expressed concerns about increased icing incidents before the crash and had started receiving improved speed probes. While corporate reputations and a long-awaited catharsis for families are at stake, the nine-week trial is not expected to lead to significant financial penalties.The maximum fine for either company, if convicted of involuntary manslaughter, is just 225,000 euros or five times the maximum monetary penalty for an individual, who unlike a company can also face jail, according to French legal experts.

Among dozens of safety recommendations, experts say the investigation led to critical changes in the way pilots are trained to cope with mid-air upsets or loss of control. Although black boxes provide important clues, the trial could rekindle a long-running privacy row over whether cockpits should also be monitored visually to decipher future accidents, especially now that security cameras are part of everyday life.

 

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