ISTANBUL: The technical analysis of the recovered black boxes from a jet crash that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, began as the investigation proceeded in cooperation with Libyan authorities, the Turkish Ministry of Defense said Thursday. The private jet with Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad Al-Haddad, four other military officials and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after taking off from Turkiye’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane.

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

The head of Libya's armed forces, Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad, was killed along with four other passengers when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from…

Libyan PM says Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad died after aircraft lost radio contact above Ankara