Libyan military chief of workers discovered lifeless in plain wreckage, PM says

[ad_1] The Libyan military's chief of workers, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al Haddad, died in a aircraft crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital, Ankara, the prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised authorities mentioned, including that 4 others have been on the jet as nicely.

"This adopted a tragic and painful incident whereas they have been getting back from an official journey from the Turkish metropolis of Ankara. This grave loss is a superb loss for the nation, for the navy establishment, and for all of the individuals," Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah mentioned in an announcement.

He mentioned the commander of Libya's floor forces, the director of its navy manufacturing authority, an adviser to the chief of workers, and a photographer from the chief of workers's workplace have been additionally on the plane.

Turkish Inside Minister Ali Yerlikaya mentioned on social media platform X that the aircraft had taken off from Ankara's Esenboga Airport at 17:10 GMT en path to Tripoli, and that radio contact was misplaced at 17:52 GMT.

He mentioned authorities discovered the aircraft's wreckage close to the Kesikkavak village in Ankara's Haymana district.

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He added that the Dassault Falcon 50-type jet had made a request for an emergency touchdown whereas over Haymana, however that no contact was established.

The reason for the crash was not instantly clear. Turkey's defence ministry had introduced Haddad's go to earlier, saying he had met with Turkish Defence Minister Yasar

Guler and Turkish counterpart Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, together with different Turkish navy commanders. The crash occurred a day after Turkey's parliament handed a choice to increase the mandate of Turkish troopers' deployment in Libya by two extra years.

NATO member Turkey has militarily and politically supported Libya's Tripoli-based, internationally recognised authorities. In 2020, it despatched navy personnel there to coach and help its authorities and later reached a maritime demarcation accord, which has been disputed by Egypt and Greece.