Turkey says signal has been lost with a jet carrying the Libyan army chief and four other people.
In a post on X, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reports that this incident occurred at 20:52 local time (17:52 GMT), approximately 42 minutes post-takeoff from Ankara's airport.
The minister confirmed that Libya's chief of staff, Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, was aboard the Tripoli-bound aircraft.
Moreover, the jet had issued an emergency landing request just before losing contact.
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