Recovery operations continued in the outskirts of the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday (December 24), the morning after a jet carrying Libyan chief of staff Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad and others crashed.

The private jet carrying Al-Haddad reported an electrical failure and requested an emergency landing shortly before crashing near Ankara, Turkey’s head of communications said on Wednesday.

The Dassault Falcon 50 jet took off from Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at 1717 GMT on Tuesday en route to Tripoli and at 1733 GMT it informed air traffic control of an emergency caused by an electrical malfunction, Burhanettin Duran said in a statement.

Eight people, including three crew members, were killed in the crash, according to Libyan and Turkish officials.

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HAYMANA, ANKARA, TURKEY (DECEMBER 24, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. VARIOUS OF PERSONNEL FROM TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, AFAD, POSITIONED NEAR CRASH SITE OF JET CARRYING LIBYAN CHIEF OF STAFF, MOHAMMED ALI AHMED AL-HADDAD

2. MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING NEARBY

3. VARIOUS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN A FIELD

4. AFAD VEHICLES

5. MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING NEARBY

6. VARIOUS OF AFAD WORKERS GATHERED

7. VARIOUS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN HILLS