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French court to rule on Yemeni plane crash that killed 152

Bahia Bakari, second left, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Relatives of victims wait for the verdict in the trial of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. Most of the passengers onboard were from Comoros. Yemenia was tried in Paris over the injuries of the crash's only survivor, who was 12 years old at the time, and the deaths of 65 French citizens. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Bahia Bakari, second left, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Relatives of victims wait for the verdict in the trial of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. Most of the passengers onboard were from Comoros. Yemenia was tried in Paris over the injuries of the crash's only survivor, who was 12 years old at the time, and the deaths of 65 French citizens. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of the Yemeni airline that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, arrives at the courtroom, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 in Paris. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.22, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) FILE - Franco-Comoran Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310 that crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, walks out during a break at the courthouse in Paris, France, Monday, May 9, 2022. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept..14, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) FILE - Rescuers gather at Galawa Beach, 35 kilometers from Moroni, Comoros, July 1, 2009, as they prepare to search the area after a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros. A French court was expected to issue a verdict Wednesday Sept.14, 2022 in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)