Ankara, Dec. 24 -- A private jet carrying senior Libyan military officials reported a technical malfunction and requested an emergency landing shortly before crashing south of Ankara, a Turkish official said on Wednesday.
Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, along with four other military officials and three crew members, were killed in the crash, authorities confirmed.
According to Burhanettin Duran, head of Turkish Directorate of Communications, the Dassault Falcon 50 business jet informed air traffic control of an emergency caused by an electrical failure after departing Ankara's Esenboga Airport en route to Tripoli on Tuesday evening.
"The aircraft, which had begun its descent for an emergency landing, disappeared from th...