Libyan, Turkish Officials Jointly Inspect Deadly Jet Crash Site Near Ankara

A Libyan military delegation has arrived in Türkiye to join local authorities in inspecting the wreckage of a private jet that crashed near Ankara, killing Libya’s Chief of General Staff, General Mohamed Ali al-Haddad, and seven others.

The delegation reached Ankara on Wednesday and was received by officials of Türkiye’s National Defence Ministry before proceeding to the crash site in the Kesikkavak area of Haymana district.

The Falcon 50 business jet, en route to Tripoli, went down shortly after taking off from Ankara’s Esenboga Airport late on Tuesday. All eight people on board including four Libyan officials and three crew members died in the accident.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said search and rescue teams had recovered the aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, commonly referred to as the black box, in the early hours of Wednesday.

He added that the wreckage was spread across an area of about three square kilometres, with aviation experts already analysing the recovered recorders as part of ongoing investigations to determine the cause of the crash.
Authorities in both countries say cooperation will continue as the probe progresses.