Officers of the Ghana Armed Forces and aviation experts continue to comb the Dampia Range Forest Reserve to retrieve the wreckage of the Z-9 military helicopter as part of ongoing investigations.
Two cabinet ministers and six others, including the crew onboard the military aircraft en route to Obuasi from Accra, perished in the fatal crash in the Adansi town of Brofoyeduru.
President John Mahama, in a televised address last night, confirmed the recovery of the “Black Box”, a flight recorder which contains cockpit audio recordings to facilitate investigations into the circumstances which led to the fatal crash.
But some local farmers are complaining of starvation because the investigations have denied them access to their farms, as some farmlands are cordoned off to pave the way for the investigations.
MP for Akrofrom, Joseph Azumah, told JoyNews that one of the residents had handed over a watch he picked from the scene when they responded on the day of the tragic crash.
“We are happy that one of them brought a watch… we have handed it over to the leader of the team who is currently here,” he added.
The legislator further urged the community members to continue to cooperate with the security forces on site.
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