Prosecutors will not seek conviction of Air France over crash that claimed lives of three Irish women

an Air France Airbus A330 in flight. A similar French airliner with more than 200 people on board vanished while over the Atlantic on a flight from Brazil to Paris. in 2009. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

"Screams and crying" were heard in a Paris courtroom today as families of the victims of an Air France crash, which claimed the lives of three Irish women, discovered French prosecutors would not seek convictions of the airline and its manufacturer Airbus.

The three Irish women who died were Dr Aisling Butler (26) of Roscrea, Co Tipperary; Dr Jane Deasy (27) from Dublin; and Dr Eithne Walls (28) from Co Down.