US EditionTurkey starts examining black boxes from jet crash that killed Libya’s military chief and 7 others
Experts in Turkey began analyzing black boxes from a private jet crash that killed Libya's western military chief and seven others, with wreckage covering 3 square kilometers, officials said.
- On Thursday, experts in Turkey began analysing black boxes recovered from a private jet that crashed after takeoff from Ankara on Tuesday, Turkish defence ministry officials said.
- A Libyan delegation arrived on Tuesday, and Libyan officials said the crash was caused by a technical malfunction, with investigators coordinating with Libyan counterparts.
- Recovery was complicated by wreckage spread across three square kilometers, according to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, with Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad among the eight killed.
- Turkey's role as a major backer frames potential consequences as the delegation returning from Ankara after defence talks may affect Turkey-Libya ties, experts say.
- Against a backdrop of Libya's split between east and west administrations, the 2011 uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi left the country fragmented with militias and foreign backers, raising political sensitivity.
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Sudan: TSC President Condoles Libyan Leaders Over Victims of Chief of Staff Plane Crash
President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, on Tuesday sent two cables of condolence to Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, and Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity, Abdul-Hamid Al-Dbeibeh, over the death of the Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Mohamed Al-Haddad, and his accompanying delegation.
Two French, pilot and co-pilot according to a Turkish news site, are among the victims of the Falcon 50 crash that carried the Libyan Army Chief of Staff, four advisers and three
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rbc.uaThe investigation is being conducted in close cooperation with the Libyan side.
Two Frenchmen were part of the Falcon 50 crew that crashed on Tuesday near Ankara, killing all passengers, including the Libyan Chief of Staff and several of his advisers. ...
Three days after the crash of a plane in Turkey, carrying in particular the Libyan Chief of Staff, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that two French were on board. No passenger had survived.
Two Frenchmen were killed in the crash of a Libyan plane on Tuesday in Turkey.
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