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Mahama receives report on August 6 helicopter crash

By Vincent Ashitey
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The Acting Minister for Defence, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has led the Committee that investigated the August 6 helicopter crash to present their report and findings to President John Mahama.

The presentation was made at a meeting of the National Security Council.

The report is expected to be released to the public on Tuesday at 11:30 am.

The helicopter crash resulted in the deaths of Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator Limuna Muniru, NDC Vice Chairman, Samuel Sarpong, and NADMO Deputy Director-General Samuel Aboagye, together with three crew members.

The Z-9 utility helicopter went off radar on the morning of August 6, 2025, while flying from Accra to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.

A 30-day investigation board chaired by National Security Coordinator Abdul-Osman Razak, with technical advisers from the United States Air Force, was constituted to investigate the incident.