A Paris appeals court will issue a verdict on Thursday on the 2009 crash of an Air France passenger jet after the airline and planemaker Airbus faced trial over ​corporate manslaughter. Relatives of ‌some of the 228 passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 ⁠vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm are expected in court following a 17-year legal battle to pinpoint blame for France’s worst air disaster.