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Surveillance footage shows the first moments of a plane crash that was carrying the Libyan Army Chief of Staff and his companions near Ankara in Turkey.

The plane had taken off from Ankara and was on route to Tripoli before it crashed, killing Mohammed Ali al-Haddad and the four others on board.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that radio contact was lost with the jet shortly after take-off and authorities found the wreckage in the Kesikkavak village in Ankara's Haymana district.

The Turkish justice minister said an investigation was underway to determine the cause of the crash.

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