Ghana helicopter crash kills defence and environment ministers
A military helicopter crash in Ghana killed eight, including Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed. A probe is under way.
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00:00A military helicopter crashed in Ghana late on Wednesday, killing the country's defense minister and environment minister.
00:09According to a government spokesperson, Defense Minister Edward Omane Bouama and Environmental Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Mohamed were killed, along with six other people on board.
00:21The crash, described as a national tragedy, was one of the worst Ghanaian air disasters in more than a decade.
00:29Ghana's military said the helicopter took off from the capital, Accra, and was heading northwest towards the gold mining area of Ubuasi.
00:39Shortly after entering the area in the Ashanti region, the aircraft went off the radar and the wreckage of the aircraft was later located.
00:47The military said the cause of the crash is not yet known and a probe has been launched to investigate the incident.
00:59The military said the time that the shot was later in the payload and the driver saw the aircraft was later in the afternoon.
01:04The aircraft was also another military said the vehicle that's targeted effort to investigate the passenger in the airing area of the airing area of Ubuasi.
01:09The mobility said the vehicle was over the aircraft was on the front of the aircraft by the airing area of the airing area in the airing area.
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