Signal lost with jet believed to be carrying Libyan army chief over Ankara

Signal lost with jet believed to be carrying Libyan army chief over Ankara, media says

Radio contact was lost with a private jet believed to be carrying Libya's army ⁠chief of ⁠staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed ⁠Al-Haddad, over the Turkish ‍capital Ankara, broadcaster ‌NTV reported on Tuesday, ​as flight tracking data showed flights being diverted away from Ankara's Esenboga airport.

The jet is believed to be carrying Libya's army ⁠chief of ⁠staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed ⁠Al-Haddad.

Turkey's defence ministry had ​announced ⁠the Libyan chief of staff's visit ⁠to Ankara earlier ‌this week, saying he had met ​his Turkish counterpart and other military commanders.

There ‍was ‍no ⁠immediate comment from Turkish officials.