Turkey launches black box probe into crashExperts are examining the flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from a private jet crash in Turkey that claimed eight lives, including western Libya’s top military commander, the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday. The aircraft, carrying General Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other Libyan military officers and three crew members, went down on Tuesday shortly after departing from Ankara, Turkey’s capital. Libyan officials have said initial assessments point to a technical malfunction as the cause of the crash. Story continues below Advertisement Remove AdAl-Haddad served as the chief military commander in western Libya and was a central figure in United Nations-brokered efforts to reunify Libya’s fractured armed forces, which mirror the country’s wider political and institutional divisions. The delegation was returning to Tripoli after holding defence talks in Ankara focused on strengthening military cooperation between Libya and Turkey, a key regional ally.

Source: Libya Today December 25, 2025 23:12 UTC