The Türkiye has the bodies of the Libyan Chief of Staff Mohammed al-Haddad killed in a plane crash
and his delegation were transferred to the North African country. Senior government officials, including Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, attended the ceremony at Mürted air base in Ankara, along with the Libyan ambassador and grieving relatives, state news agency Anadolu reported.
The private jet that took the delegation after talks in Ankara The plane that was supposed to take you back to Tripoli crashed on Tuesday. According to Turkish information, all five delegation members, including Al-Haddad, and three crew members were killed. Turkey is considered the most important supporter of the government in Tripoli.
But no evaluation of the black box in Germany
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç announced on Friday that the remains recovered from the crash site were examined at the Ankara Forensic Institute by comparing the DNA of family members Libya who had flown in had been identified.
Germany, as an impartial third party, was initially asked to evaluate the jet’s flight recorders. The Libyan Interior Ministry Tripoli now announced, citing Turkish investigators, that Germany rejected this. It was said that there were “no appropriate technical means” for a black box of the affected aircraft type. Instead, the black box should now be evaluated in Great Britain.
There was a civil war in Libya for many years after the fall of long-time ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011. Today the North African country, where militias and foreign states continue to fight for power and resources, is effectively divided. Al-Haddad was among the leading figures in the attempt to unite the military structures of the rival governments in western and eastern Libya after the heavy fighting of 2019 and 2020. During official visits abroad, most recently to Turkey, he also tried to form a regular national army in the North African country.
