The helicopter had taken off from Accra, the capital, en route to a mining conference when it went “off the radar,” the armed forces said.

A military helicopter crashed in Ghana on Wednesday, killing all eight people on board, including the West African country's defense and environment ministers and two other top officials, the government said.

Eight passengers, including multiple government officials, were killed after a military helicopter fell off the radar and crashed in Ghana on Wednesday, Aug. 6