France, Sept. 29 -- Air France and Airbus are back in court Monday to face an appeal against their 2023 acquittal over the 2009 crash of flight AF447 from Rio to Paris, which killed all 228 on board - the airline's deadliest disaster.

On 1 June 2009, Air France flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris was cruising over the Atlantic when the pilots lost control of the aircraft and plunged into the ocean.

All 216 passengers and 12 crewmembers on board were killed, including 72 French and 58 Brazilian nationals.

A lower court cleared Air France and Airbus of corporate manslaughter in 2023 in the trial that focused on faulty sensors that measured flight speed, which became blocked by ice crystals during a storm over the Atlantic.

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