The Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army (Tripoli), Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Haddad was killed along with the crew of the plane and his aides after the plane crashed in the Haymana area on Tuesday night. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 50 with flight number HMJ185, reported an electrical malfunction to air traffic control shortly after it made lift-off from Ankara Esenboğa Airport. The plane then lost signal and crashed. It was bound to Mitiga Airport.
Eight people in total were killed in the crash.
The jet was being operated by Harmony Jets which has provided services to both Libyan governments in the west and the east.
Salah Al-Namroush has been appointed as Acting Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army.
The Turkish government has expressed its shock and condolences and said investigations are ongoing. The plane’s backbox has been sent to France for investigation on the agreement of both nations. A Libyan military and government delegation also flew to Turkey after the crash.
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