The full report on the 6 August military helicopter crash to the National Security Council on Monday, Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu said on Sunday.
The crash involved a Harbin Z‑9EH military helicopter (tail number GHF 631) operated by the Ghana Air Force. The aircraft departed from Accra at approximately 09:12 local time, bound for Obuasi in the Ashanti Region on an anti-illegal-mining mission, before losing radar contact and crashing in the Adansi Akrofuom District.
All eight people on board were killed, including Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator Muniru Mohammed Limuna, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice-Chair Samuel Sarpong, former parliamentary candidate Samuel Aboagye, Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
Authorities have not yet released the cause of the crash. The National Security Council is expected to review the full investigation report and recommend measures to prevent future incidents.
RTI request
Last month, Member of Parliament for Tolon, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu, formally wrote to the president under Article 21(1)(f) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 18 of the Right to Information Act (Act 989), requesting either a full disclosure or an official update on the committee’s findings.
He stressed that the public has the right to know whether the helicopter involved was airworthy, what was contained in the recovered black box, and what caused the fatal crash.
The lawmaker who spoke on the Asaase Breakfast Show called on President John Mahama to make public the findings of the committee investigating as he questioned the government’s silence since the committee’s 30-day deadline elapsed.
“We have not been briefed as to what is going on — whether the committee has finished its work or submitted its report,” the MP said.
“This is a national tragedy, unprecedented in our history, and Ghanaians deserve to know exactly what happened.”
“If the black box has been recovered, we need to know what conversations or recordings were retrieved,” he said. “This will help guide future aviation safety and improve the Defence Ministry’s capacity.”
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