<figure id="attachment_3242321" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3242321" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3242321 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/5653aadd-libya-general-crash-afp-24_12_25.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3242321" class="wp-caption-text">Libyan army Chief of General Staff Mohammed Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, senior military officials, and a photographer were also onboard the crashed plane. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
TRIPOLI: Libya&#8217;s prime minister said the chief of staff of the country&#8217;s army and other military officials were killed in an airplane accident in Turkey on Tuesday after visiting Ankara.
&#8220;It is with deep sadness and great sorrow that we learnt of the death of the Libyan army&#8217;s chief of general staff&#8221;, Mohammed Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said on his Facebook page.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said his country&#8217;s gendarmerie had found the wreckage of the plane, which crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara.
Haddad had been the army&#8217;s chief of general staff since August 2020 and was appointed by then-prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj.
Dbeibah said other senior military officials and a photographer were also on board the plane.
Dbeibah described their deaths as a &#8220;tragic loss&#8221;, adding: &#8220;We have lost men who served their country with loyalty and dedication and were examples of discipline, responsibility and national commitment.&#8221;

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