Crash off the Comoros: "no mitigating circumstance", the maximum fine required against Yemenia Airways

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Crash off the Comoros: "no mitigating circumstance", the maximum fine required against Yemenia Airways

A fine of 225,000 euros, the maximum penalty, was requested on Wednesday 27 March in an appeal against the company Yemenia Airways, convicted at first instance of homicides and involuntary injuries after the death of 152 people in the crash of one of its planes off the coast of Comoros in 2009.