Turkey Responds to Deadly Air Ambulance Accident Near Ankara

Libya’s army chief of staff, Gen. Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been confirmed killed after the Dassault Falcon 50 business jet carrying him crashed near Ankara, Turkey, on December 23, 2025. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the aircraft departed Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport for Tripoli at about 20:10 local time. According to early official statements, Turkish authorities later located the wreckage south of the capital near the Haymana district. The incident triggered a rapid response from Turkish emergency services as investigators began working to determine why the aircraft declared an emergency and then disappeared from radar. AeroTime reports that al-Haddad held talks in Ankara with Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and other military officials before the crash, which underscores the close security relationship between Turkey and Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Unity.