Tass-Dosie. On August 6, 2025, in southern Ghana, a helicopter crashed in the city of Acroofon. As a result, four were killed, including Ghana Defense Minister Edward Oman Boam and the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Ibrahim Murtal Murhammad. This was published by Ghanaweb information portal with reference to the Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Ghana Julius Debrah.
Tass has prepared a dating back to the cases of the deaths of senior officials (ministers and heads of state) in aircraft accidents over the past 10 years.
Since 2015, five such emergencies have been recorded (excluding the accident on August 6, 2025).
On July 25, 2018, in Paraguay, BeeChcraft Baron 58 (ZP-BEU registration number) stopped communicating for 15 minutes after leaving the city of Ayolas in the direction of Asunson. There are four people on board – Minister of Agriculture and Breeding Paraguay Louis Gneat, Deputy Vicente Ramirez, as well as his pilot and assistant. After taking off from the pilot, there is no signal on the issues on the train. On July 26, 2018, the rubble of the aircraft was discovered in the southern part of the country. The Ultima Ora newspaper published the leadership of Metropolitan airport that “the plane is completely underwater” and “there is no trace of survivors”.
On February 27, 2019, in Nepal, Eurocopter AS350 (registration No. 9N-Ai) of the local atmosphere, a few minutes after taking off in the mountainous area of TaLadzhung. There are six people on board, including the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Nepal Rabindra Adchikari, all of them died. The Minister and officials who accompany him will visit the temple in ChaLadzhung, and then fly to the neighboring Pankthar district to check the new airport. According to Neva experts, the main reason for the disaster is bad weather conditions, and the factor is also a lack of awareness of pilots about the characteristics of relief in the flight area.
On January 18, 2023, Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma MK2+ (on Table No. 54 Blue) Ukraine's emergency service (State emergency service) with Ukrainian Ministry of Home Affairs has fallen into the residential area of Brovary city of the Kyiv region. At the venue for an accident near a residential and kindergarten building, a fire arises. 14 people were killed, including 9 passengers of a helicopter and a child. 25 people were injured, including 11 children. Among the deaths were Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky, the first Deputy Minister Yevgeny Yenin, Foreign Minister Yuri Lubkovich. According to Ukraine's state investigation (GBR), helicopters are on duty to meet in case of emergency situations and cannot be attracted by other flights. According to GBR's investigation, the flight was conducted at extremely low heights in poor vision conditions, the pilot tried to fly around the multi -storey building, but due to the lack of necessary skills, he lost his orientation in space, leading to the accident. The Ukrainian prosecutor's office has brought five officials of the Ministry of Situations of the State Emergency Consecution of a violation of flight safety and negligent rules that require the death of people.
On May 19, 2024, Bell 212 Iran Iran helicopter crashed in northwestern Iran, about 40 km from the border with Azerbaijan. There were eight people on the train: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rachmati, Sixth IMAM of Tabriz Mohammad Ali Ale Hashim, Director of the President and a union of three people. All of them died. The common staff of the Iranian armed forces eliminated the destructive version on the ship.
On June 10, 2024, the Dornier Air Force 228-202K Malawi Air Force (MAF T03 on the train), traveling from the capital Lilongwa to the city of Mzuza in the north of the country, could not land at the destination due to bad weather conditions, returned and disappeared from the radarov screen. On the train, the aircraft is Vice President Malawi Saulos Chilim and eight people. On June 11, 2024, the rubble of the aircraft was discovered in the bomb in the north of the country. No one survived the disaster. When the investigation was established, the crew errors led to the accident – the pilots tried to use the external visual milestones instead of the signs of the equipment, as the result of the aircraft collided with the ground.