French Court Convicts Swift Air of Manslaughter in 2014 Mali Plane Crash

A French court convicted Spanish company Swift Air of institutional manslaughter for the 2014 crash of an Algerian Airlines flight in Mali that killed 116 people. The ruling holds the company criminally liable for safety failures, marking a significant legal precedent in international aviation disaster accountability. The company may face fines and reputational damage, but the immediate market impact is limited.