BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 24. Libyan Government of National Accord Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah confirmed that Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, along with members of the military delegation accompanying him, were killed in a plane crash in Türkiye, Trend reports.
The confirmation was made in an official statement by the Prime Minister.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended following the incident.
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The wreckage of a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet that crashed in Ankara has been recovered, Trend reports.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended following the incident.
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A Dassault Falcon 50 business jet carrying the Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces crashed in Ankara, Trend reports.
The aircraft was transporting Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad along with his five-member delegation. The crew consisted of two pilots and one flight attendant.
Earlier on the same day, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad reportedly held a meeting with Türkiye’s Minister of National Defense, Yaşar Güler.
Following the incident, flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended.