Amnéville. Air traffic controller at Findel Airport: at night, he plans flights to save lives

After a career in the Air Force as an air traffic controller, Grégory Besson, from Amnéville, works for Luxembourg Air Rescue at Findel Airport in Luxembourg. His missions: during the day, plan flights to repatriate the injured; at night, arrange planes dedicated to transporting organs to recipients throughout France, even Europe. In short, help save lives.

Air traffic controller Grégory Besson within Luxembourg Air Rescue, on the Findel site in Luxembourg.

"Today, we were working on the flight plan to repatriate a factory employee who was injured in Sarajevo. Our plane, which is leaving from Findel, Luxembourg, will pick him up in Bosnia-Herzegovina and take him to a hospital in Newcastle, England. At the moment, it's non-stop: insurance companies are asking us to organize the repatriation of injured vacationers to a hospital in Europe."

With the National Graft Distribution Center

That's Grégory Besson's job by day. By night, this Amnéville native works in the offices of a company that includes the non-profit organization Luxembourg Air...

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