At the trial of the crash of the Rio-Paris flight, this Tuesday, November 15 in Paris, Airbus rejected the fault on the pilots of Air France. Questioned for the second day in a row, Christophe Cail, the manufacturer’s representative – prosecuted with the airline for “involuntary homicides” following the death of 228 people in the crash of AF447 on June 1, 2009 – continued to try to clear Airbus. Record of hearing.
“It wasn’t the icing of the Pitot probes that caused the plane to crash… It was pilot errors,” says Christophe Cail. Jostled by Mr. Jakubowicz, lawyer for several civil parties, the legal representative of Airbus – himself a former test pilot – ends up clearly saying what he has been implying since the day before at the helm. No more digressions, no longer technical explanations. ” Do not be afraid to say when there has been a mistake “, insists Christophe Cail.
On the benches of the civil parties, a woman gets up and leaves. Another shows her anger by applauding.
” Would you have done better than them? “, continues Me Jakubowicz.
” I think I would have done better “replies without hesitation the Airbus executive, arms crossed, eyes planted in that of the lawyer.
When it was Air France’s turn to question him, one of the company’s advisers protested and asked Christophe Cail to clarify his answer. ” Nobody can say that what was done in this cockpit was what was expected of the pilots », Explains the representative of Airbus.
Then the lawyers of the two companies affirm it in unison: no non-aggression pact has been signed between them.
For some families of victims, these interrogations were very hard to live with. Testimonials.
For some families of victims, these interrogations were very hard to live with – Testimonials
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