AIR FRANCE said yesterday it would give about €17,500 as an advance to the families of the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Air France’s chief executive says the company will give about £15,000 (€17,500) as an advance to the families of the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

AIR FRANCE received replacement airspeed sensors for its Airbus 330s three days before the fatal crash of Flight 447, but the airline’s chief executive said that he is not convinced faulty monitors were the cause.