The recent helicopter crash, which claimed the lives of eight senior government officials, including serving officers of the Ghana Armed Forces, has brought the nation's aviation transport into the spotlight.
The incident on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, however, comes on the back of similar incidents recorded in the country's history, according to data gleaned from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives.
Crash of Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain near Takoradi on November 13, 1978 In November 1978, a charter twin-engine aircraft operated by Air Inter Gabon, flying to the Ivory Coast, crashed under unknown circumstances in a wooded area located west of Takoradi, near the border between Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
The accident claimed the lives of all four occupants on board the flight.
