The helicopter had taken off from Accra, the capital, en route to a mining conference when it went “off the radar,” the armed forces said.

Eight passengers, including multiple government officials, were killed after a military helicopter fell off the radar and crashed in Ghana on Wednesday, Aug. 6

Ghana’s defense and environment ministers are among eight people killed after a military helicopter crashed in the southern Ashanti region on Wednesday, according to the chief of staff to the Ghanian president.