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Ghana declares three-day period of national mourning following deadly crash

Ghana has opened investigations into the crash of a military helicopter that killed all eight people aboard, including the West African country's defense and environment ministers and other top officials.

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00:00Ghana has opened investigations into the crash of a military helicopter that killed all eight people aboard,
00:08including the West African country's defense and environmental ministers and other top officials.
00:13The country has also declared a three-day period of national mourning from Thursday,
00:18and all flags are to fly at half-mast during the period.
00:22The Ghanaian military said the helicopter took off in the morning from the capital, Accra,
00:26and was heading northwest into the interior towards the gold mining area of Ubuasi in the Ashanti region when it went off the radar.
00:33The wreckage was later found in the Adansi area of Ashanti.
00:38Defense Minister Edward Oman Boama and Environmental Minister Ibrahim Matala Mohamed were killed,
00:44as well as Samuel Sarpong, first chair of the National Democratic Congress ruling party, Muniri Mohamed,
00:50a top national security advisor, and the four crew members.
00:54Muniri Mohamed is expected to be buried on Thursday in Muslim tradition.
00:58Mourners gathered at the Boama's residence, as well as the party's headquarters,
01:03and Ghana's government described the crash as a national tragedy.
01:07State media reported that the aircraft was a Z-9 helicopter that is often used for transport and medical evacuation.
01:13that they are known, the cause of the crash was not immediately known.
01:16The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
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