A French warplane has destroyed a Libyan aircraft that had been flying in breach of the UN no-fly zone, French officials say.
The smaller trainer aircraft had just landed in the besieged city of Misrata when it was attacked, they say.
It is the first incident of its kind since enforcement of the zone began.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s foreign minister has said Nato will take command of the international mission in Libya within a day or two.
“Compromise has been reached in principle in a very short time,” Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying after a conference call with his US, French and British counterparts.
“The operation will be handed over to Nato completely.”
Turkey, a Nato member, had earlier raised objections to the organisation taking command without certain conditions first being agreed.
A senior US military official has meanwhile said the handover could come as early as this weekend.
