Hi, I have a question on said flights. Airfrance claims passengers of these cancelled flights are not eligible for compensation under the applicable EU regulations referring to the reason being "ground damage on the aircraft" and that such a "type of last minute flight cancellation [is] beyond the control of the carrier".

Having worked with legal issues (on a different legal area) for years, this sounds as an evasive manoeuvre by AF--i.e., nonsense. As far as I read the regulation and relevant court decisions, AF has to pay.

What's your take on it?