Acting Defence Minister presents August 6 helicopter crash report to Mahama

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

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

The report will be released to the public on Tuesday, November 11.

It is recalled that on August 8, President John Mahama announced the establishment of a high-level Investigative Board of Inquiry to uncover the cause of the tragic military helicopter crash.

The crash killed two cabinet ministers and six others in the Adansi Akrofuom district of the Ashanti Region.

In a solemn nationwide address, the President assured Ghanaians that the Ghana Armed Forces would lead a full and transparent investigation into the crash.

“As we mourn, questions about the cause of this tragedy are natural and important,” he said. “I want to assure the families and the nation that the Ghana Armed Forces has initiated a full and transparent investigation into the circumstances of this crash.”

According to the President, the flight data and cockpit voice recorders have already been recovered to aid the inquiry.

The deceased were subsequently offered a state burial.