The Libyan Government of National Unity (GUN) confirmed this Tuesday the death of the Chief of the General Staff, Mohamed al Haddad, in a plane accident in Turkey in which he was traveling with senior Libyan military officials.
“This great tragedy is a great loss for the nation, the military establishment and all the people,” declared GUN Prime Minister AbdelHamid Dbeiba in a message on the X social network.
Previously, the Turkish Interior Ministry had reported the loss of contact with the plane carrying Haddad, along with four other passengers, who had to make an “emergency descent” near Haymana, about 60 kilometers southwest of Ankara.
Traveling with Haddad were the head of the Land Forces, Alfitouri Gharibil, and the head of the Military Manufacturing Authority, Mahmoud Al-Qatawi, as well as the military advisor, Mohammed Al Asawi, and the military photographer, Mohammed Al-Mahjoub, who also died in the accident.
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The Libyan military delegation had met this Tuesday in Ankara with the Chief of the General Staff, Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, and the Turkish Defense Minister, Yasar Güler, according to the Anadolu agency.
Dbebiba conveyed his “deepest condolences and sincere condolences” to the families of the victims and “his colleagues in the armed forces.”
The Turkish Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, detailed that the Falcon 50 type plane, with fuselage number 9H-DFJ, had taken off from Ankara airport to head to Tripoli and that they lost contact with the aircraft at 8:52 p.m. local time (17:52 GMT).
Following the crash, Turkish authorities closed Ankara airspace to flights, causing delays at Esenboga airport.
With information from EFE.
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