Libya's military chief dies in plane crash in Turkey DW 12/23/2025
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Libya's military chief dies in plane crash in Turkey  DW  12/23/2025
"Turkey's interior minister said earlier air traffic controllers lost contact with a Dassault Falcon 50-type jet carrying the Libyan military chief and others home after a visit to Turkey. The plane departed from Ankara's Esenboga Airport at 8:10 p.m. local time, Ali Yerlikaya posted to X. Contact with the jet was lost 40 minutes after, he said. The plane issued an emergency landing signal near Haymana, a district south of Ankara, before all communication ceased, Yerlikaya said."
"Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday confirmed the death of Libyan military chief and four others in a plane crash in Turkey. Libya's prime minister confirms death of country's military chief Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said in a statement on Facebook that the "tragic accident" took place as the Libyan delegation was "returning from an official trip to Ankara.""
Libya's military chief and four others were killed when a Dassault Falcon 50-type jet crashed near Haymana, south of Ankara, Turkey. The jet departed from Ankara's Esenboga Airport at 8:10 p.m. local time and contact was lost about 40 minutes after takeoff. Air traffic controllers recorded an emergency landing signal before all communication ceased. Turkey's interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, posted details to X reporting the loss of contact. Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the deaths, described the event as a "tragic accident," and said the delegation was returning from an official trip to Ankara.
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