2025 Ghanaian Air Force Harbin Z-9 crash
GHF 631, the helicopter involved in the accident, seen in 2024 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 August 2025 |
| Summary | Crashed en route; under investigation |
| Site |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Harbin Z-9EH |
| Operator | Ghana Air Force |
| Registration | GHF 631 |
| Flight origin | Accra International Airport |
| Destination | Obuasi Airport |
| Occupants | 8 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 6 August 2025, a Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 helicopter carrying eight people to an event about fighting illegal mining crashed into a forested mountainside in the Ashanti region of Ghana, killing all eight people on board. Among the dead were Ghana's defence minister Edward Omane Boamah and environment minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed.