Former President has revealed an air travel experience during his presidency, recalling how he narrowly escaped a potential plane crash over the Sahara Desert in 2007.
His account comes in the wake of the tragic helicopter crash in Ghana that claimed eight lives, a disaster that has stirred fresh public discussions on aviation safety.
Speaking in an interview on Angel TV on August 7, 2025, the former president recounted that the incident occurred during an official trip from Tripoli, Libya, to Khartoum, Sudan, with an entourage of between 12 and 16 officials. "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. "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.
