The Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has died in a plane crash near the Turkish capital, Ankara, shortly after the private jet he was travelling in took off from an airport there.
The crash on Tuesday killed everyone on board. The other victims were four high-ranking Libyan military officials as well as three crew members.
Turkiye’s Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya said on al-Haddad’s plane took off from Ankara’s Esenboga airport at 8:10pm local time (17:10 GMT) en route to Tripoli, and that radio contact was lost about 40 minutes later.
He said authorities found the plane’s wreckage near the Kesikkavak village in Ankara’s Haymana district.
Yerlikaya added that the Dassault Falcon 50-type jet had made a request for an emergency landing while over Haymana before all communication ceased.
Turkish rescue units have discovered the debris of the private Falcon 50 aircraft that crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara airport.
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