BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 24. The
Tripoli-based Government of National Accord has declared three days
of national mourning following the death of Libya’s Chief of
General Staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, in a plane crash in Türkiye,
Trend reports.
Mourning will be observed across the country.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces,
along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots
and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended
following the incident.
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01:12
The Ankara General Prosecutor’s Office has opened an
investigation into the crash of a Falcon 50 aircraft that departed
from Esenboğa Airport, carrying passengers including the Chief of
the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Colonel General
Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, Trend reports.
The statement was made by Turkish Minister of Justice Yilmaz
Tunc.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces,
along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots
and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended
following the incident.
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00:49
Libyan Government of National Accord Prime Minister Abdel Hamid
Dbeibah confirmed that Chief of the General Staff of the Armed
Forces, General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, along with members of
the military delegation accompanying him, were killed in a plane
crash in Türkiye, Trend reports.
The confirmation was made in an official statement by the Prime
Minister.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces,
along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots
and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended
following the incident.
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00:12
The wreckage of a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet that crashed
in Ankara has been recovered, Trend reports.
The aircraft was carrying Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Al-Haddad, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces,
along with his five-member delegation. The crew included two pilots
and one flight attendant.
Flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended
following the incident.
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23:28
A Dassault Falcon 50 business jet carrying the Chief of the
General Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces crashed in Ankara,
Trend reports.
The aircraft was transporting Colonel General Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Al-Haddad along with his five-member delegation. The crew consisted
of two pilots and one flight attendant.
Earlier on the same day, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad reportedly
held a meeting with Türkiye’s Minister of National Defense, Yaşar
Güler.
Following the incident, flights at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport
were temporarily suspended.
