Search teams in Turkey on Wednesday recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from a jet crash that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, while efforts to retrieve the victims' remains were still underway,

The Libyan army's chief of ‌staff, ​Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in ‌a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara, the ​prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised government said,

A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after takeoff from Turkey's capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane.

The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.

A private jet carrying Libya’s top military commander and four other senior officers crashed Tuesday evening after taking off from Turkey’s capital, killing everyone on board, Libyan officials said. Authorities in Libya said the crash was caused by a technical malfunction,

Libyan Army Chief of Staff Mohammad Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and seven others died when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Ankara, Turkey.

Turkey shuts down Ankara airspace after business jet carrying Libya's top military commander crashes. Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad is feared dead.

Search and recovery teams are intensifying operations at a plane crash site where Libya’s military chief and other officers were killed.