In brief
A Falcon 50 business jet, which was transporting Libya's chief of staff Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, lost contact with air traffic control approximately 42 minutes after departing from Ankara. The Turkish Interior Minister shared this news via social media, indicating that the aircraft made an emergency landing request prior to losing communication.
Turkey says signal has been lost with a jet carrying the Libyan army chief and four other people.
In a post on X, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya says this happened at 20:52 local time (17:52 GMT) - about 42 minutes after the Falcon 50 business jet took off from Ankara's airport.
The minister says Libya's chief of staff Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad was on board the Tripoli-bound aircraft.
The jet issued an emergency landing request before contact was lost.
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