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.

Eight people, including Ghana ministers and members of Parliament, were killed Wednesday when the helicopter they were aboard crashed in the West African nation's southern Ashanti region. There were no survivors.

FileGhana said Wednesday (August 6) that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah was among those killed in a helicopter crash earlier that day. Four other officials and three helicopter crew members also died.