In light of the recent tragic helicopter crash in Ghana that claimed the lives of eight individuals, former President John Agyekum Kufuor has shared a harrowing experience from his presidency, revealing a narrow escape from a potential plane disaster over the Sahara Desert back in 2007.
Recalling the incident during an official visit to Libya, President Kufuor described the tense moments while travelling with an entourage of 12 to 16 people from Tripoli to Khartoum, Sudan's capital. "I remember that sometime in 2007, had it not been for God's intervention, I would have been involved in a plane crash over the Sahara Desert," he revealed during an interview on Angel TV.
The former president recounted how the aircraft, which had just taken off after his meeting with the late Muammar Gaddafi, suddenly struggled to gain altitude. "All of a sudden, over the desert, the plane could not ascend.
It had become heavy, and for almost 30 minutes, it refused to gain altitude.
