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Private plane veers off runway and erupts in flames at Libya's Misrata airport
September 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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A private Cessna 650 carrying three crew members left the runway and caught fire while landing at Misrata International Airport on Monday.
- Libya's Ministry of Transport confirmed the plane left the runway during landing with no human injuries among its three crew members.
- The crew — a German pilot, a Turkish co-pilot and a Turkish flight attendant — evacuated safely before the fire broke out, Libyan media reported.
- A technical engine failure during descent forced the pilot to carry out an emergency landing, according to Libyan media reports.
- Air traffic at the airport was suspended until midnight Monday pending investigation and runway assessment, a Civil Aviation Authority source said.

