Libya Army Chief Killed as Business Jet Crashes Near Ankara

Libya’s army chief and senior officials were killed when a business jet returning from defence talks crashed near Ankara, Turkish and Libyan authorities said.

A business jet crash near Ankara has killed Libya’s chief of staff, Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and several senior military and civilian officials, Libyan and Turkish authorities confirmed on Tuesday.

The Dassault Falcon 50 jet departed Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at 8:10 p.m. local time en route to Tripoli but vanished from radar about 40 minutes later.