Air France is in court accused of being criminally responsible for the manslaughter of 228 deaths on-board the flight in 2009.
The chilling last words of a Air France pilot have been released just moments before the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic ocean.
Marc Dubois, 58, David Robert, 37, and Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, were in control of the aircraft when it fell from the sky. During the follow-up investigation, it emerged that two of them fell asleep, one after the other, when they were supposed to be piloting the plane. Then, four hours and 15 minutes into the cross-continental flight, it crashed into the Atlantic. Bonin, who was referred to as a "Company Baby" due to his junior position, was made to pilot the difficult journey while his superiors caught a few winks.
"And his leaving was not against the rules. Still, it is surprising. If you are responsible for the outcome, you do not go on vacation during the main event." The tragic victims included 11-year-old Alexander Bjoroy, who was a boarder at Bristol's £5,970-a-term Clifton College. He had been spending half-term with his parents, who were based in South America. Another was Dr Eithne Walls, 28, from Ballygowan, Co Down, who had starred in Riverdance on Broadway.
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