Overview
- The Dassault Falcon 50 departed Ankara and sent a distress call before contact was lost about 40 minutes into the flight toward Tripoli.
- Wreckage was found roughly 80 kilometers south of Ankara near the village of Kesikkavak in the Haymana district.
- Turkish teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, and joint Turkish‑Libyan investigations are underway.
- Officials in Turkey and Libya point to an electronic or technical problem as the leading hypothesis while the formal probe continues.
- Libya’s premier reported five deaths, while later recovery reports cited eight fatalities, reflecting differing casualty tallies.