Air France’s insurance company Axa on Friday said it will appeal a Brazilian court ruling ordering the French carrier to pay compensation to the family of a victim in a major jet crash in 2009.
“We will appeal this decision. This ruling cannot constitute a precedent,” french insurer Axa said in a statement, adding that the Brazilian judgment did not meet certain criteria for receiving compensation. A Rio de Janeiro state judge on Thursday ordered Air France to pay 1.15 million dollars (836,000 euros) to the family of a state official who died in the crash of an Air France passenger jet in the Atlantic.
Former state attorney general Marcelle Valpacos Fonseca perished along with 227 other passengers and crew of the Airbus A330 that crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1.
Paris, March 12, 2010 (AFP)
