Air France and Airbus will go on trial today charged with the manslaughter of 228 passengers, including 3 Irish women.
Jane Deasy from Dublin, Aisling Butler from Tipperary and Eithne Walls from county Down all died when flight AFR 447 crashed into the sea while en-route from Rio to Paris on June 1st 2009.
Both Airbus and Air France, which has already compensated the families of those killed, have denied the charges.
The trial involving 489 witnesses is expected to last until December.
