India, Dec. 24 -- Turkish authorities early on Wednesday recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a private jet that crashed shortly after taking off from the capital, Ankara, killing the head of Libya's armed forces and four of his aides.

The private jet carrying General Mohammed Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other senior officers and three crew members crashed in Turkey on Tuesday shortly after taking off from the capital, Ankara, killing all eight people on board, according to the Associated Press.

The senior Libyan delegation was returning to Tripoli after holding defence talks in Ankara focused on strengthening military cooperation between the two countries.

The Falcon 50 aircraft had requested an emergency l...