Residents of Adwafo in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region experienced a high level of nervousness on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, when a helicopter made an emergency landing in the community.
The anxiety of the people stemmed from the recent unfortunate development that befell the same district when the Z9 helicopter, which belonged to the Ghana Armed Forces, crashed near the Adansi Brofoyedu forest.
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The aircraft, which made the emergency landing, reportedly bore the name International Aircraft Services, with registration number AS 365N3.
According to the District Chief Executive for Adansi Akrofuom, Gariba Mohammed Musatpha, he received a call that there had been an emergency landing of a helicopter in the town.
“What prompted me to come was the recent incident that happened the other day, and the town is close to us, with investigations still ongoing. Upon my arrival, I spoke to the aircrew, and they told me that they were on their way to Chirano Mines. However, due to bad weather conditions, they had to make an emergency landing here,” myjoyonline.com reported him as saying.
Chirano is a mining community in the Bibiani Ahweso Bekai Municipality in the Western North.
However, some residents who had the last helicopter crash at the back of their minds claimed they were terrified when the aircraft started hovering in the sky, as it brought them memories of the tragic crash.
Some claimed that they started shouting out loud, while others mentioned that they nearly wanted to run away, but they had nowhere to go as they were gripped with fear.
Myjoyonline reported a resident as saying, “We were gripped with fear this morning. I saw the aircraft turning around, and I began to shout, ‘God, have mercy on us.’
“Then the aircraft started coming down, and we feared it would crash like the previous one did. My mother is blind — I wanted to run and leave her behind because of the incident. But just as I was about to leave, we saw it landing safely.”
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