Ghana says helicopter crash kills 8 including defence, environment ministers
The military says the helicopter took off Wednesday morning from the capital, Accra, toward Obuasi, a gold-mining area in the Ashanti region, but went off the radar. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
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Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah
and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were killed alongside the vice-chair of the National Democratic Congress ruling party, a top national security adviser and crew members.
State media said the Z-9 helicopter is used as a utility helicopter often used for transport and medical evacuation.
Ghana's government described the crash as a "national tragedy."
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Wednesday's crash was one of Ghana's worst air disasters in more than a decade.
In May 2014, a service helicopter crashed off the coast, killing at least three people. In 2021, a cargo plane overran the runway in Accra and crashed into a bus full of passengers, killing at least 10 people.
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