HISTORICAL FACTS: 10 - Caught on Camera

Your annual reminder that Christmas crackers are banned by 18 airlines

Plus the ones which do let passengers take a sealed box or two

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

France travel warning as UK Foreign Office changes guidance

Anyone travelling to France is urged to consult their travel operator

Liverpool Echo · Dec 16, 2022

Families dismayed at trial for Rio-Paris Air France crash

Families of the 228 people killed aboard a Rio-Paris flight that crashed in 2009 were hoping for justice at last

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

228 were killed when Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic. Their families could finally hear why

A Parisian court will hear conflicting expert testimony about who is to blame for the worst disaster in Air France’s history, but families of the 228 victims tell The Independent are determined to show the crash’s human toll, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

228 were killed when Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic. Their families could finally hear why

A Parisian court will hear conflicting expert testimony about who is to blame for the worst disaster in Air France’s history, but families of the 228 victims tell The Independent are determined to show the crash’s human toll, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Black box recording of deadly Rio-Paris flight to be played in court

The judge overseeing the trial against Air France and Airbus for involuntary homicide in the fatal 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has agreed to allow the recording from the black box flight recorder to be heard behind closed doors.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2022

Relatives shout ‘shame’ as Air France crash trial begins

Families describe ‘almost inhuman’ wait of 13 years for justice over flight AF447, which left 228 dead

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Manslaughter trial over 2009 Air France crash begins with cries of ‘shame’

Anger as airline and Airbus plead not guilty to charge 13 years after flight AF447 crashed, killing 228 people

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Air France and Airbus face trial over plane disaster which killed Scots oil worker

Graham Gardner, 52, was trying to get home to see his family in Renfrewshire when the doomed Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms.

Daily Record · Oct 10, 2022