ANKARA: A private jet carrying the chief of staff of Libya’s army reported an electrical failure and requested an emergency landing shortly before crashing near Ankara, Turkiye’s head of communications said on Wednesday.The Dassault Falcon 50 jet took off from Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at 1717 GMT on Tuesday en route to Tripoli and at 1733 GMT it informed air traffic control of an emergency caused by an electrical malfunction, Burhanettin Duran said in a statement.Eight people, including three crew members, were killed in the crash, according to Libyan and Turkish officials.Air traffic

Four other people on business flight that requested emergency landing after takeoff, Turkish interior minister says.

Signal was earlier lost with a jet that took off from Ankara with Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others on board.