ISTANBUL: Turkiye said on Tuesday it lost contact with a Falcon 50-type private jet with five passengers onboard, including Libya’s chief of staff, after it took off from the capital Ankara.
“Contact was lost at 20:52 local time (1752 GMT) with a Falcon 50-type business jet, tail number 9H-DFJ, departing from Ankara’s Esenboga airport bound for Tripoli at 20:10 local time,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement posted on X.
The five passengers onboard included the Libyan chief of general staff, General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, he added.
The aircraft issued an emergency landing notification near Haymana — 74 kilometers (45 miles) from Ankara but contact could not be reestablished after, the minister said.
“Authorities are monitoring the situation,” he added.
