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AIRBUS MAY BE charged with manslaughter over the crash of an Air France plane in which three young Irish doctors died.
The company made the Air France plane which crashed while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June 2009, killing 228 poeple including Dr Aisling Butler, from Co Tipperary; Dr Eithne Walls, from Belfast; and Dr Jane Deasy, from Dublin.
The company was placed under formal investigations by Judge Sylvie Zimmerman over accusations of involuntary manslaughter related to the crash, the New York Times reports. Under French law, this is not a criminal charge but can lead to a trial.
A new search for wreckage of the Airbus A330-200 off the coast of Brazil is to begin in the coming days in an effort to find the plane’s flight recorders.
Airbus and Air France have spent more than $27million (approx €19million) searching 2,800 square miles of seabed which has resulted in finding 600 pieces of debris and 51 bodies. They have pledged another $12.5 million (approx €9million) towards the search.
The recorders would give an insight into what caused the plane to go down in heavy thunderstorms.
The chief executive of Airbus, Tom Enders, said in a statement:
Airbus maintains that the focus should be on finding the cause of this accident and making sure it can never happen again
France is one of a small number of countries where prosecutions routinely take place following air crashes.
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Sad
Get help then. Speak to a friend or your GP
Look at them, I can’t imagine they had anything else to do, but queue for a phone.
Very sad, the steve jobs cult.
Apple fanboys. There’s something a little sad about that… And by the looks of the pics there were about 10 people there
Android way superior.
There’s only a handful of them
Midnight launch for BF3 would have been more exciting.
And a LAN event. That would have got me there
Very sad
Its the muppet show.
NERRRRDDS!
Ssshh whoever told you im queing up for MW3 is a liar.
The horrible accusations those liar make
5 photos, 3 of the same guy.
lame.
Nerd rage and racism. Great combination.
i got myself a Samsung Galaxy this week and left Iphone land forever
Not too many thumbs down yet. The apple brigade must be still in bed, worn out id imagine from playing with granny smiths gadget!
If you haven’t got an I-phone, you haven’t got an I-phone.
Stop deleting my comment please, moderator. His statement “If you haven’t got an I-phone, you haven’t got an I-phone.” is idiotic and I have a right to point that out.
I saw the queue and I thought you were sellin’ drugs..
Outstanding observation!
Suckers!
So let me get this right so one person cannot plug in a usb cable and another needs to know he is in his house. Does one need a wee nap?? Samsung Galaxy S2 do yourself a favour
If Siri is not available in Ireland what’s the point in been first. Plenty of time. If you own an iPhone 4 like me then there is no need to buy this one.
I hope ( for their sakes) those people in the picture have an older iPhone
Siri works fine in Ireland but won’t do some things like search Irish maps.
Samsung beats Apple smartphones http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15489523
Quote from your link “The consultancy said Apple’s growth was hindered by customers waiting for the launch of the new iPhone 4S.”
Give it up
Have a Samsung galaxy it’s takes ages for the gps to pinpoint where you are I also have an iPhone 4 seconds it tells me and even Inside my house, plus don’t get me started on transferring music to a galaxy ;(
If you need a phone to tell you your in your own house youve got bigger problems then you think.
The one redeeming feature from all this is that these people weren’t queuing up at an O2 store and the generous 150mb data plans they could avail themselves of. That would have been biblically sad to sign up for 18/24 months of that.
How pathetic that someone would wait in the cold weather overnight just to buy a gadget. Ever heard of PRE-ORDERING?
I think I’m going to have to get one of those new iPod touches too since I’m terrified my 2 year old is going to wreck my new 4s.
No-one cares
You care enough to reply.
I boughted an ifone las ni is bleeding deadly , i can ask it what time it si and it tells me an also it can do multiplikation yerrrrr!!!!!
I’m guessing that you’re from Dublin.
Noo I am from Ballinasloian and have started my Leaving Cert year
Lulzers. Ballinaslosian?? That’s not a place, before you copy and paste, read it in the context. Lol. DEFINITELY from the Pale, also a troll.
Good one. Steamer, glad mcguiness served you well today.
Whats an ifone???
I boughted an ifone las ni is bleeding deadly , i can ask it what time it si and it tells me an also it can do multiplikation yerrrrr
Why was my comment removed?
Stupid iphone didnt load the comment, ooopsies
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