{"id":7061637,"date":"2026-09-20T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/libya-citation-crash-pilots-accused-of-flying-while-intoxicated\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:01:00","slug":"libya-citation-crash-pilots-accused-of-flying-while-intoxicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637","title":{"rendered":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Libyan prosecutors say two pilots flew a Cessna Citation Latitude while intoxicated before it crashed at Misrata International Airport (MRA) on September 14, 2026, prompting an order to hold both men in pretrial detention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft\u2019s Turkish operator, BKNJET, disputes reports that the pilots were arrested and says it has received no evidence supporting the alcohol allegation. The company said the pilots were being questioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo verified result or document indicating any such finding regarding alcohol has been received by us,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jet, registered TC-AKF, veered off the runway during landing and was destroyed by fire. It had arrived from Istanbul with two pilots and a flight attendant aboard to collect passengers. All three crew members survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a September 16 announcement carried by Libya\u2019s state news agency, LANA, prosecutors said investigators questioned the crew 24 hours after the accident and confronted the pilots with evidence that they had operated the aircraft while intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement did not describe any evidence to support the allegation. Prosecutors also accused the pilots of disregarding aviation safety rules and endangering the crew, aircraft and people at the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators examined the wreckage, reviewed air traffic control and weather information, and took statements from technical personnel at the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft\u2019s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have since been recovered, according to a Libyan Civil Aviation Authority statement. The authority said the recorders would be sent to a specialist facility for decoding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident investigation team also interviewed the crew and air traffic control personnel, listened to tower recordings and traced the jet\u2019s path from touchdown on MRA\u2019s Runway 15 to where it stopped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wreckage has been moved into an enclosed hangar for examination.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libyan prosecutors say two pilots flew a Cessna Citation Latitude while intoxicated before it crashed at Misrata International Airport (MRA) on September 14, 2026, prompting an order to hold both men in pretrial detention. The aircraft\u2019s Turkish operator, BKNJET, disputes reports that the pilots were arrested and says it has received no evidence supporting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7061638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[30203,66857,3034,1043,223631,17439,25005],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7061637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-accused","tag-citation","tag-crash","tag-flying","tag-intoxicated","tag-libya","tag-pilots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Libyan prosecutors say two pilots flew a Cessna Citation Latitude while intoxicated before it crashed at Misrata International Airport (MRA) on September 14, 2026, prompting an order to hold both men in pretrial detention. The aircraft\u2019s Turkish operator, BKNJET, disputes reports that the pilots were arrested and says it has received no evidence supporting the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\"},\"wordCount\":297,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Accused\",\"Citation\",\"Crash\",\"Flying\",\"intoxicated\",\"Libya\",\"Pilots\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Aerospace\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\",\"name\":\"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Libyan prosecutors say two pilots flew a Cessna Citation Latitude while intoxicated before it crashed at Misrata International Airport (MRA) on September 14, 2026, prompting an order to hold both men in pretrial detention. The aircraft\u2019s Turkish operator, BKNJET, disputes reports that the pilots were arrested and says it has received no evidence supporting the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated","datePublished":"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637"},"wordCount":297,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg","keywords":["Accused","Citation","Crash","Flying","intoxicated","Libya","Pilots"],"articleSection":["Aerospace"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637","name":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-20T02:01:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/misrata-citation-1200x800-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061637#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Libya Citation crash pilots accused of flying while intoxicated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7061637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7061638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7061637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7061637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7061637"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=7061637"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=7061637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}