SAO PAULO (AP) -- A Brazilian judge says Air France must pay the equivalent of more than $700,000 in damages to the families of four victims of a crash that killed more than 200 people.
A statement released Monday night by the Rio de Janeiro State Judiciary says Judge Alberto Republicano de Macedo has ordered Air France to pay 1.2 million reals ($714.000) in damages to the parents and grandparents of Luciana Clarkson Seba, who perished in last year's crash with her husband Paulo Valle Mesquita Valle and his parents Maria de Fatima and Francisco Eudes Mesquita Valle.
Air France spokesman Osmar Maduro tells The Associated Press that the airline will not comment on the judge's ruling.
