A learjet carrying Libya’s army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Al Haddad, along with another four individuals has reportedly crashed after departing Ankara’s Esenboga Airport on Tuesday evening, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced.
According to local media reports, the plane crashed roughly half an hour after take-off, with emergency crews now searching for the wreckage.
🎥 Video footage shows the moment the Libya-bound Falcon 50 jet crashes in the Haymana area after contact is lost shortly after departing Türkiye’s Ankara Esenboga Airport
✈️ The aircraft sends an emergency landing signal before communication cuts off, with five people on board,… pic.twitter.com/VIWnKAnbsg
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) December 23, 2025
“Contact was lost at 20:52 with a Falcon 50 business jet bearing tail number 9H-DFJ that took off from Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at 20:10 this evening bound for Tripoli,” Yerlikaya posted on the platform NSosyal.
“There were five passengers on board the plane, including Libya’s Chief of General Staff, Gen. Muhammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad,” Yerlikaya added.
#SONDAKİKA Libya Genelkurmay Başkanı’nın uçağı Ankara’da düştü
Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı’ndan kalkan ve Libya’nın Trablus şehrine uçan Falcon 50 tipi özel jet Polatlı civarında düştü.
Uçakta bugün Ankara’da Milli Savunma Bakanı Yaşar Güler ve Genelkurmay Başkanı Orgeneral… https://t.co/xl1ECdr9fH pic.twitter.com/v4DGzINkj2
— The Turkish Post (@turkishpostnet) December 23, 2025
