Libya's military chief and seven others killed in plane crash in Turkey - in pictures


  • Search-and-rescue operations following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff Lt Gen Mohammad Al Haddad and colleagues about two kilometres south of Kesikkavak village in the Haymana district of Ankara. AFP
    Search-and-rescue operations following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff Lt Gen Mohammad Al Haddad and colleagues about two kilometres south of Kesikkavak village in the Haymana district of Ankara. AFP
  • Mustafa Elgelaib, Libyan ambassador to Turkey, looks to his mobile phone as search-and-rescue operations continue at the wreckage site following the crash of the Libya-bound plane that had just left Ankara. AFP
    Mustafa Elgelaib, Libyan ambassador to Turkey, looks to his mobile phone as search-and-rescue operations continue at the wreckage site following the crash of the Libya-bound plane that had just left Ankara. AFP
  • Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler, right, and Libya's Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen Mohammed Al Haddad during their meeting in Ankara on Tuesday December 23. AFP
    Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler, right, and Libya's Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen Mohammed Al Haddad during their meeting in Ankara on Tuesday December 23. AFP
  • Turkish soldiers clear journalists and bystanders from the wreckage site as search operations continue. Getty Images
    Turkish soldiers clear journalists and bystanders from the wreckage site as search operations continue. Getty Images
  • Turkish rescue teams search for the remains of a private jet carrying Libya's military chief and four others that crashed after taking off from Ankara, killing all on board. AP
    Turkish rescue teams search for the remains of a private jet carrying Libya's military chief and four others that crashed after taking off from Ankara, killing all on board. AP
  • A tractor at the wreckage site as rescuers continue their work following Tuesday's crash. AFP
    A tractor at the wreckage site as rescuers continue their work following Tuesday's crash. AFP