“Mom's flight didn't land.
Thirteen years later, facing the Paris court, Adrien, 27, repeats these words by which his father Bruno told him of the death of his mother, Laurence Yapi-Desmots, stewardess on flight AF447 Rio-Paris June 1, 2009. He, the eldest son, was 13 when the Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic.
Her little sisters aged 5 and 8 were playing in the garden.
"Don't tell them anything, let's give them one last carefree day," suggested his devastated father.
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