Uraloğlu said a Falcon 50 private jet, bearing tail number 9H-DFS and registered with Maltese civil aviation authorities, departed Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 20:17 local time bound for Mitiga Airport. Flight procedures after takeoff proceeded normally, with the aircraft gradually handed over from the control tower to approach units and then to airspace control, and cleared to the requested altitudes without any operational remarks.

He explained that at 20:25 the aircraft was authorized to continue its route after reaching an altitude of 34,000 feet. At 20:31, while flying at approximately 32,000 feet, the crew declared a PAN-PAN emergency, reporting a general electrical failure and requesting radar guidance for an emergency return to Ankara.

According to the minister, between 20:32 and 20:33 the aircraft was provided with a return route and descent clearances, and the pilot activated the emergency transponder code 7700. Shortly thereafter, altitude data began to gradually disappear from radar screens.

Uraloğlu noted that between 20:34 and 20:36 increasing interference affected communications between the pilot and air traffic control, with the pilot’s voice becoming barely audible, alongside a partial loss of radar flight data. At 20:38 the aircraft disappeared entirely from radar screens and ceased responding to all calls on various frequencies.

He added that relevant authorities were immediately notified following the loss of contact, and air and ground search-and-rescue operations were launched. Takeoffs and landings at Esenboğa Airport were temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure until Turkish authorities later confirmed that the aircraft had crashed near the village of Kesik Kavak in Haymana district, south of Ankara.

Uraloğlu said investigation teams recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder—the two "black boxes”—from the crash site and began preparing a preliminary report. He added that the recorders would be sent to a neutral country for further technical examination to determine the precise causes of the accident.

The minister confirmed that the aircraft was carrying the Libyan Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Haddad, the Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Maj. Gen. Vittorio Gribiel, Director of the Military Manufacturing Authority Mahmoud Qatioui, adviser to the Chief of the General Staff Mohamed Al-Assawi, and the official photographer of the General Staff Mohamed Mahjoub. The aircraft crashed on Tuesday evening while en route to Libya.