On Monday, September 28, 2026, the Paris criminal court sentenced the Spanish airline Swiftair to the maximum fine of €225,000 for involuntary manslaughter. This ruling concerns the crash of Air Algérie flight, an MD-83 leased by Swiftair, which crashed in the Sahel region on July 24, 2014.
The court followed the prosecution’s recommendations issued during the trial in March, thereby confirming Swiftair’s criminal liability in this tragic accident.