Overview
- Authorities confirmed eight deaths, including Gen. Mohamed al‑Haddad, four senior Libyan officers and three crew members, with the crew not yet publicly identified.
- The Dassault Falcon 50 (9H‑DFJ) left Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport, reported an electrical problem, requested an emergency return and lost contact before crashing near Kesikkavak in Haymana.
- Ankara prosecutors opened a formal investigation and deployed extensive search and forensic teams, with 408 personnel operating in difficult weather and terrain.
- Turkish teams recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, and officials signaled the analysis could involve a neutral third country and take months.
- The delegation had been in Ankara for defense talks with Turkish officials; Libya declared three days of national mourning following the fatalities.