Samples of the remains of the eight individuals who tragically died in Wednesday's military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District have been flown to South Africa for advanced forensic testing, as Ghana grapples with the scale of the national tragedy.

Though initial plans had the 37 Military Hospital in Accra handling the autopsies and identification, the condition of the remains called for more sophisticated DNA analysis - a decision that led authorities to seek international assistance.

The devastating crash claimed the lives of several high-profile individuals, including Minister for Defence, Dr.

Edward Omane Boamah, and the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr.