The aircraft carrying General Muhammad Ali Ahmed al-Haddad came down in T\u00fcrkiye after requesting an emergency landing shortly after takeoff<\/p>\n
The Libyan army\u2019s chief of staff, General Muhammad Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been killed in a plane crash in T\u00fcrkiye, officials have confirmed. A private jet carrying al-Haddad and other senior Libyan military officials went down late on Tuesday southwest of Ankara.
\nLibyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said in a Facebook post that several other senior military officials were also killed in the crash involving a Dassault Falcon 50 jet. The delegation were in T\u00fcrkiye for talks earlier in the day.
\nTurkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed that the country\u2019s ground services lost contact with the jet some 40 minutes after it took off from Ankara\u2019s Esenboga Airport. Before communications ceased, the aircraft had requested an emergency landing.<\/p>\n
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The aircraft had five passengers on board, including al-Haddad, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Lieutenant General Al-Futuri Ghribil, and the head of the Military Manufacturing Authority, Brigadier General Mahmoud Al-Ghadiwi.
\nIn a follow-up statement, the minister said that emergency crews have located the debris of the aircraft, confirming the crash.
\nCCTV footage circulating online purports to show a massive blast lighting up skies above the Turkish capital and believed to be linked to the plane\u2019s crash. It was not immediately clear whether the pictured explosion occurred mid-air or on the ground.<\/p>\n
Son Dakika!Libya Genelkurmay Ba\u015fkan\u0131 Orgeneral Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad’\u0131 ta\u015f\u0131yan u\u00e7ak Ankara’da d\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc. Ali Haddad, Milli Savunma Bakan\u0131 Ya\u015far G\u00fcler ile g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fmek i\u00e7in T\u00fcrkiye’de bulunuyordu.\u0130srail ve Yunanistan d\u00fcn ittifaklar\u0131n\u0131 ilan ettiler. Ayn\u0131 zamanda Libya tezkeresini\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/vNwACt2ytK\u2014 Politikalojik \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7\u035c\u035c\u0361\u0361\u272f (@Politikalojik) December 23, 2025 <\/p>\n
\u201cThis grievous loss is a great blow to the nation, to the military institution, and to all the Libyan people, as we have lost men who served their country with sincerity, dedication, discipline, responsibility, and national commitment,\u201d the PM wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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