French Court finds One2Go airlines guilty of manslaughter in Phuket Crash

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wasn't sure where to post this. doesn't seem to have made it on forum before?? could be wrong though.  (a bit dated)

https://www.france24.com/en/20190903-paris-court-hands-ex-thai-airline-ceo-4-year-term-over-2007-crash

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/paris-court-to-hear-case-over-2007-thai-plane-crash/ar-AADkldW?li=BBr8RiH

"An investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand concluded the plane crashed as a result of human error as the pilot and his co-pilot sought to land in bad weather.

But it also found the pilots had exceeded their weekly number of flight hours and were suffering from accumulated stress due to tiredness and lack of rest, which meant that their responses were impaired in a critical situation.

As the investigation got under way, the airline submitted documents falsifying the number of hours the pilots had flown, to make it look as if they were within the correct limits, a source close to the case said.

Twelve years on, the French inquiry has revealed numerous failings in the recruitment, training and working habits of the pilots as well as in the maintenance of the fleet.

The extended flying hours were commonplace, with pilots earning cash bonuses, a former pilot told investigators, alluding to a "criminal business culture" that included "serious breaches of the most basic security norms".