Ghana’s defence and atmosphere ministers are amongst eight killed when a army helicopter crashed, the federal government has mentioned.
The West African nation’s army mentioned the helicopter took off within the morning from the capital Accra and was heading northwest into the inside to the city of Obuasi when it went off the radar.
Footage of the crash web site reveals particles on hearth in a forest as folks circle round to assist.
The reason for the crash was not instantly recognized. The army mentioned an investigation was beneath manner.
Defence minister Edward Omane Boamah and atmosphere minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed have been killed, together with the vice-chair of the Nationwide Democratic Congress ruling occasion, a high nationwide safety adviser and the helicopter’s three crew members.
State media mentioned the plane was a Z-9 helicopter, which is usually used for transport and medical evacuation.
It was one of many worst air disasters in Ghana in additional than a decade.
A service helicopter crashed off the coast in Could 2014 and killed no less than three folks.
And in 2012 a cargo airplane overran the runway in Accra and crashed right into a bus filled with passengers, killing no less than 10 folks.
