"Everything points to a technical failure as the cause of the plane crash," al-Lafi told Al-Jazeera TV-chanel.
Earlier, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, confirmed that Al-Haddad and his companions died in the crash shortly after taking off from Ankara and disappearing from radar. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya previously reported that Muhammad al-Haddad was on board.
According to him, contact with the Falcon 50 aircraft (registration number 9H-DFJ), which took off from Ankara Esenboga Airport at 20:10, was lost at 20:52 (Moscow time). The aircraft signaled an emergency landing near the Haymana district, reported by ria.ru.
