Paris court to hear case over 2007 Thai plane crash
The former head of a budget Thai airline goes on trial in Paris Monday over a deadly 2007 plane crash that killed 90 peoples. Filed by the families of the nine French victims along with one survivor, the civil suit says the crash was an "accident waiting to happen". It raises a string of allegations against the now-defunct airline, running from exhausted pilots to falsified flight logs. The crash happened on the resort island of Phuket Sept 16, 2007, when a One-Two-GO passenger jet carrying 123 passengers and 7 crew skidded off the runway and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain and heavy winds. The victims' families have accused the airline of trying to cover up a series of failings which led to the crash, with Monday's case levelling a manslaughter charge against One-Two-GO president Udom Tantiprasongchai. <br/>
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Paris court to hear case over 2007 Thai plane crash
The former head of a budget Thai airline goes on trial in Paris Monday over a deadly 2007 plane crash that killed 90 peoples. Filed by the families of the nine French victims along with one survivor, the civil suit says the crash was an "accident waiting to happen". It raises a string of allegations against the now-defunct airline, running from exhausted pilots to falsified flight logs. The crash happened on the resort island of Phuket Sept 16, 2007, when a One-Two-GO passenger jet carrying 123 passengers and 7 crew skidded off the runway and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain and heavy winds. The victims' families have accused the airline of trying to cover up a series of failings which led to the crash, with Monday's case levelling a manslaughter charge against One-Two-GO president Udom Tantiprasongchai. <br/>
