Turkish billionaire's private jet went off the runway and caught fire in Libya

The private jet of Turkish businessman Hamdi Akin went off the runway at Misrata Airport in Libya and caught fire. This was announced on September 14 by the Turkish Internet portal AirTurkHaber.

"At 10:07 a.m. local time (9:07 a.m. Moscow time. A Cessna Citation Latitude business jet en route from Turkey to Libya went off the runway and caught fire during landing at Misrata Airport," the Internet portal writes.

After the accident, Akin himself told reporters that there were no passengers on the plane. There were only three crew members on board, and they were rescued. No one was injured. The same information was confirmed by Bikinijet, the company operating the vessel. The causes of the incident are being established.

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On the same day, three people died when a Cessna plane crashed in Germany. According to police, the crash occurred in a field at about 11:20 (12:20 Moscow time) in the morning. The plane was completely destroyed.