A delegation from the Libyan Public Prosecutor’s Office has traveled to Turkey to follow ongoing investigations into the crash of an aircraft carrying the Chief of Staff of Libya’s Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Haddad, which went down near Ankara in late December.
In an official statement, the Prosecutor’s Office said investigations were launched on 23 December 2025 into the crash of a Dassault Falcon 50 operated by Harmony Jets. The aircraft was transporting four military officers and a staff member from the Chief of Staff’s office after completing an official mission in Turkey, as they attempted to depart for Tripoli.
According to the statement, the plane took off from Esenboğa Airport in Ankara before crashing south of the capital, killing all those on board.
International Judicial Cooperation Activated
The Libyan prosecution confirmed it had activated mechanisms of international judicial cooperation, formally requesting Turkish authorities to allow Libyan investigators to participate in or monitor the investigation under mutual legal assistance frameworks.
Turkish authorities approved the request. Two members of the investigative committee, accompanied by the Director of the Prosecutor’s Office Affairs Department, traveled to Turkey and held meetings with officials from the Turkish Ministry of Justice and the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office to coordinate information sharing and legal procedures.
Briefing to Libyan Presidential Council
In a related development, İbrahim Kalın, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, briefed Mohamed Al‑Menfi, Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, on the latest findings of the investigation. The briefing took place on 13 February during a meeting at the Presidential Council headquarters in Tripoli.
Victims and Preliminary Findings
Mohamed Al-Haddad was killed in the crash on 23 December, along with members of the accompanying delegation and three crew members, including two French nationals.
Turkish authorities previously indicated that an electrical malfunction was the likely cause of the accident. The flight data recorder, commonly known as the black box, was later recovered near the crash site.
On 4 February, Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said preliminary analysis of the black box data showed that two electrical generators failed, reinforcing the assessment that a technical fault was the primary cause of the crash.
