{"id":17317,"date":"2014-05-08T17:10:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T17:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=17317"},"modified":"2014-05-08T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T22:42:07","slug":"helicopter-crashes-into-sea-in-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/helicopter-crashes-into-sea-in-wr\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Helicopter crash: 3 dead, 1 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Armed Forces has confirmed that 3 people have died from the helicopter crash that occurred earlier on Thursday, May 8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The acting Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lt. Col Aggrey Quashie told <strong>Citi News,<\/strong> \u201c8 people were on board the helicopter, 4 are alive, 3 confirmed dead and 1 is missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that rescue efforts are still ongoing although the cause of the crash is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his outfit is yet \u201cto get further details on the cause of the crash but what I can say is that, the rescued people have been sent to a hospital in Takoradi for treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy General Secretary of the General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union, Francis Salla has also confirmed to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that 6 of the 8 people on board the helicopter were workers of Schlumberger, an oil company.<\/p>\n<p>The two others are believed to be crew members of the helicopter which belonged to an oil company, Luk Oil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Martin Asiedu Dartey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Armed Forces has confirmed that 3 people have died from the helicopter crash that occurred earlier on Thursday, May 8, 2014. 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