The government, on the evening of Thursday, August 7, 2025, transported the samples of the charred remains of the eight victims who died in the helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, to South Africa for DNA tests.
The DNA tests for the deceased has become necessary to help identify the victims whose remains were completely burnt in the crash.
The announcement of the decision to seek DNA tests in South Africa was criticised by a section of the public, who questioned why the test could not be done in Ghana.
But the Minister of Health, , addressed the issue at the Golden Jubilee Terminal of the Kotoka International Airport after the plane transporting the samples took off.
