Outcome
The accident and resulting fire killed 3 of the 130 passengers. Of those three, one was an adult and the other two were young children. It is believed that the adult, a female, had attempted to rescue a trapped 7 year old girl. During the evacuation, people had pushed on the back of the girl's seat, and the seat folded over on the girl who became trapped by her own seat belt. The woman had attempted to free the young girl from her seat, and both died of smoke inhalation. The second child, a male, was found impaled through the chest by a piece of wreckage.
Captain Asseline, First Officer Mazière, two Air France officials and the president of the flying club sponsoring the air show were all charged with involuntary manslaughter. All 5 were found guilty. Captain Asseline was initially sentenced to 6 months in prison along with 12 months of probation. The others were sentenced to probation. During the appeal process, Captain Asseline's sentence was increased to 10 months of imprisonment along with 10 months of probation. Asseline walked free from the court and said he would appeal to France's Supreme Court, the Cour de Cassation. According to French law, Asseline was required to submit himself to the prison system before his case could be taken up by the Supreme Court.
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