The plane disappeared from radar and crashed, the Libyan army chief dies in Turkey

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The plane disappeared from radar and crashed, the Libyan army chief dies in
Plane carrying Libyan Army Chief of Staff crashes in Turkey

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday that air traffic controllers lost contact with a private Falcon 50 plane carrying Libyan army chief General Mohamed Ali Ahmed-Al Haddad and four other people while returning home from a visit to Turkey.

Foreign media write that the plane departed from Esenboga Airport in Ankara at 8:10 p.m. (local time).

"Contact with the plane was lost after 40 minutes," Minister Yerlikaya said in a post on X.

The plane signaled an emergency landing near Haymana, a district south of Ankara, before all communication was lost.

The plane disappeared from radar and crashed, the Libyan army chief dies in

Later, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the death of Libya's army chief and four other people in a plane crash.

In a statement on Facebook, the prime minister said the "tragic accident" occurred while the Libyan delegation was "returning from an official visit to Ankara."

This is the third air accident involving Turkey in about 40 days. On November 11, a C-130 transport plane crashed on the border of Georgia and Azerbaijan, killing all 20 people on board. Two days later, on November 13, a Turkish Canadair plane involved in a firefighting operation crashed in Croatia, killing both people on board.


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