Airbus and Air France acquitted of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash in which three Irish died

Workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy’s Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil, Sunday, June 14, 2009 (Eraldo Peres/AP/PA)

A French court on Monday acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris.

The accident killed 228 people, including three Irish, and led to lasting changes in aircraft safety measures.