Libya , Dec 24 : Libya’s top military commander, General al-Haddad, and seven others were killed when their private jet crashed shortly after departing Turkey’s Ankara. They had attended defence talks and Turkish authorities have launched an investigation.
A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers and three crew members crashed shortly after taking off from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, on Tuesday, killing all seven people on board. Libyan officials said the aircraft went down due to a technical malfunction.
The Libyan delegation had been in Ankara for high-level defence talks focused on strengthening military cooperation between Libya and Turkey, according to Turkish officials.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the death of Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad in a Facebook statement, calling the crash a “tragic accident” and a “great loss” for the country. Officials in Libya said contact with the aircraft was lost around half an hour into the flight due to a technical malfunction.
