<p>Ghana's defence and environment ministers died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday in the southern Ashanti region along with three other officials and three airforce crew, the government said.</p><p>Julius Debrah, President John Mahama's chief of staff, told a press conference that the crash in which Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were killed was a national tragedy.</p><p>"The president and government extend our condolences and sympathies to the families of our comrades and the servicemen who died in service to the country," Debrah said.</p><p>Earlier Ghana's armed forces said radar contact had been lost with a Z9 airforce helicopter.</p>
<p>Ghana's defence and environment ministers died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday in the southern Ashanti region along with three other officials and three airforce crew, the government said.</p><p>Julius Debrah, President John Mahama's chief of staff, told a press conference that the crash in which Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were killed was a national tragedy.</p><p>"The president and government extend our condolences and sympathies to the families of our comrades and the servicemen who died in service to the country," Debrah said.</p><p>Earlier Ghana's armed forces said radar contact had been lost with a Z9 airforce helicopter.</p>