The Minister of Authorities Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has introduced that the report on the August 6 Z-9 navy helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom will probably be made public on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
In a social media publish, Mr Kwakye Ofosu revealed that the report will first be introduced to the Nationwide Safety Council on Monday, November 10, earlier than being launched to the general public throughout a press briefing the next day.
It is going to be recalled that in an announcement dated Monday, August 25, the Performing Minister of Defence, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, confirmed that the Investigation Board, established by President John Dramani Mahama to probe the tragic crash, had commenced its work with a directive to finish it inside 30 days.
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The board, chaired by the Nationwide Safety Coordinator, included members from the Ghana Air Power and the Plane Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The investigation was carried out with steering and technical help from the USA Air Power, whose investigators supported the method beneath the framework of worldwide cooperation.
The helicopter crash occurred on Wednesday, August 6, as authorities officers had been en path to the launch of the Accountable Cooperative Mining and Abilities Growth Programme (rCOMSDEP).
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The tragedy claimed the lives of a number of high-ranking authorities officers, together with Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Setting Minister Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Alhaji Limuna Muniru Mohammed, Performing Deputy Nationwide Safety Coordinator Dr Samuel Sarpong, and Nationwide Vice Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Aboagye, a former parliamentary candidate.
Three crew members additionally perished within the crash: Wing Commander Peter Baafemi Anala, Flight Lieutenant Manaen Twum Ampadu, and Flight Sergeant Ernest Addo-Mensah.
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An interdenominational funeral service was held for the victims on the Black Star Sq., adopted by a burial ceremony on the Navy Cemetery on Friday, August 15.
