The Greek flight attendant aboard the ill-fated Dassault Falcon 50-type jet that crashed on Tuesday evening outside Ankara, which also claimed the life of Libyan army’s chief of staff and another six people, had been flying for 20 years in that capacity, her long-time partner told in.gr on Wednesday.

A total of five passengers and three crew members were on the plane when it crashed.

According to Maria Pappa’s companion, the Greek national had previously decided to change jobs and move from large passenger aircraft to work for a Malta-based company operating charter flights with few passengers. As fate would have it, Tuesday was her first flight with Harmony Jets, the company that operated the plane.

The Libyan army’s Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, was killed in a plane crash while returning from an official visit to Ankara. Turkish officials said the private aircraft, which was heading back to Tripoli, requested an emergency landing due to an electrical failure just minutes after takeoff, but then lost contact.

“She had been flying for 19 years and was experienced,” the man said, adding that Pappa hailed from Pyrgos, in southwest Greece, and lived in Athens.