Plane seen leaving the Washington area on Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
Libya PM says chief of staff killed in airplane accident in Turkey.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that the radio signal was lost with a jet carrying Libya's military chief of staff and four others after taking off from Ankara en route to Tripoli.
Yerlikaya said on X the jet had taken off at 1710 GMT and radio contact was lost at 1752 GMT. He said the flight had made a request for an emergency landing while over the Haymana district of Ankara, but no contact was established after.
Libya PM says chief of staff killed in airplane accident in Turkey.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that the radio signal was lost with a jet carrying Libya's military chief of staff and four others after taking off from Ankara en route to Tripoli.
Yerlikaya said on X the jet had taken off at 1710 GMT and radio contact was lost at 1752 GMT. He said the flight had made a request for an emergency landing while over the Haymana district of Ankara, but no contact was established after.
