13 May, 2010

A young woman native of Angers among the victims of a plane crash in Libya



A 32 years old woman native of Angers, Emilie Poucan, was killed in the crash, in Tripoli (Libya), of an Airbus A 330 arriving from Johannesburg (South Africa). The crash took place at the moment of the landing : for unexplained reasons, the plane of Al Afriqiyah caught fire then dislocated. 103 persons are dead.

The family of the victim is well known in Angers and still lives there. Her grandparents owned a shop of hi-fi products, at the Pilori square. In that city, Emilie did her studies : Saint-Agnès school, then La Madeleine college, then Saint-Martin lycee. Having just graduated, she went to US where she studied a year in an american university and, back in France, at the Practical Institute of Journalism. She worked since for the French Federation ot Athletism, then in the Amaury Sports Organisation.

Her friends remember that "She loved travelling" as well as sports. Emilie was found of athletisme and especially of long jump. In that discipline in 1995, she broke a regional record she still has. Emilie died the day of her 32 birthday.

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