Private jet carrying Libyan armed forces' chief crashes

Turkish authorities found voice recorder and black box from a private jet early yesterday that crashed shortly after it took off from the capital Ankara, killing the head of Libya's armed forces and his four aides.

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The Falcon 50 aircraft requested an emergency landing because of electrical failure minutes after it took off but then the contact was lost, Turkish officials said. It was returning to Tripoli.

The plane's wreckage was located by Turkish security personnel in the Haymana district near Ankara.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said voice recorder and the flight data recorder (black box) were recovered from the plane, speaking to reporters at the site.