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Families of crash victims rain wrath on Airbus, Air France

Lawyer of the German victims in the crash of the Rio-Paris Air France flight AF 447, Thibault de Montbrial, answers media prior to the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) CEO of Air France Anne Rigail, center right, arrives to the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) This courtroom sketch by Cynthia Walsh shows CEO of Air France Anne Rigail, right, and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, left, during the first day of the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Cynthia Walsh) Journalists film the courtroom prior to the Rio Paris flight's trial, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) German citizen Barbara Crolow, who lost a child in the crash of the Rio-Paris Air France flight A330, answers media prior to the start of the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) A man holds a placard reading "The French justice, 13 years too late" prior to the start of the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) CEO of Air France Anne Rigail, center right, arrives to the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury arrives to the trial of Airbus and Air France companies, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 10 , 2022. Airbus and Air France go on trial on manslaughter charges Monday over the crash of a Rio-Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The accident kiled all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air safety regulations. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) FILE - Workers unload debris, belonging to the crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil, June 14, 2009. It was the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and having lasting impact. It led to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Debris from the missing Air France flight 447 is put on display for the media after being recovered during search operations, at Recife's Air Force base, Brazil, June 12, 2009. It was the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and having lasting impact. It led to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia, File) Ophelie Toulliou, sister of a victim of the Rio-Paris plane crash, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Sannois, outside Paris, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. It was the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and having lasting impact. It led to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) In this July 16, 2006 photo of Nicolas Touillou, who was killed in the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash at age 27, poses for his fiance Gwenola Roger. It was the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and having lasting impact. It led to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors. (Gwenola Roger via AP) FILE - One of the two flight recorders of the Air France flight 447, that crashed in 2009, is displayed to reporters during a press conference at the French investigators' headquarters in Le Bourget, near Paris, May 12, 2011. It was the worst plane crash in Air France history, killing people of 33 nationalities and having lasting impact. It led to changes in air safety regulations, how pilots are trained and the use of airspeed sensors. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)