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The Libyan army chief has been killed in an air crash in Turkey, Libya’s prime minister has said.
Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad was on board a Falcon 50 aircraft flying out of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Tuesday evening. He was killed along with four other military officials and three crew members.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said signal with the business jet was lost at 20: 52 local time (17: 52 GMT) – about 42 minutes after it took off from Ankara’s airport.
The Tripoli-bound jet had issued an emergency landing request before contact was lost. The aircraft’s wreckage was later found south-west of Ankara, and its voice recorder and black box had been recovered.
Reuters
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