Sat next to her on the passenger jet was her older brother Mohamed, aged two-and-a-half.
The children were supposed to be enjoying their first seaside holiday, two weeks in the warmth of the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh.
‘Faycal and his family were going for a two-week holiday in Egypt,’ his heart-broken sister Assia told MailOnline.
‘They were flying to Cairo and then take a connecting flight to Sharm El Sheikh.Mr Bettiche, a respected fruit and vegetable trader, had wanted to spend time with his family ahead of the summer, his busiest work period.
‘They had packed their swimming costumes and sun hats.’
They had not had a proper holiday for three years.Faycal had been working really hard recently and he just wanted to relax with his young family,’ Assia continued.The couple had married some three-and-a-half years before.
‘He worked in the market here in Angers selling fruit and vegetables.’
Assia continued: ‘They had two lovely children. Mohamed was only two and a half years old. And Joumana was still a baby, only four and a half months old.They were both still at home with their mother but Mohamed was going to start nursery in September.’