Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has confirmed that Libyan’s army chief of staff Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad and four other passengers have been killed in an aircraft crash near the Turkish capital Ankara.
In a statement released on Tuesday Night, the prime minister described the incidents as “tragic accident” that occurred while officials were returning from a trip to Ankara.
Al-jazeera Media network reports that the statement said “this great tragedy is a great loss for the nation, the military establishment, and all the people, as we have lost men who served their country with sincerity and dedication and were an example of discipline, responsibility, and national commitment.”
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He said that the other people killed in the crash included the ground forces Chief of Staff Al-Fitouri Gharibil, Director of the Military Manufacturing Authority Mahmoud Al-Qatawi, as well as an advisor to al-Haddad, Professor Muhammad Al-Asawi Diab, and a military photographer, Muhammad Omar Ahmed Mahjoub.
Turkiye had found the wreckage of the plane carrying the officials which disappeared shortly after taking off from the Turkish capital.
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