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Aircraft fuel tank drops in Adenta

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Two additional fuel tanks aboard a flying K8 fighter jet has fallen off in Adenta, a suburb of Accra. One of the tanks fell on a plain field with the other falling on a building. No casualty has been recorded. Director of the Military Public Affairs Col Mbawini Atintande told Joy News the jet was on regular training. District Police Commander for Adenta, DSP Stephen Ahiatafu who was at the scene of the accident told Joy News there was no cause for alarm. The aircraft, Col Atintande stated had since returned to base. Tuesday's incident followed series of aircraft accidents recorded in the country. Last month, a helicopter flying workers of Newmont made an emergency landing in Beposo after one of its engines was said to have malfunctioned. No casualty was recorded. Earlier in the same month however, ten people perished when a cargo plane overshot its runway at the Kotoka International Airport, crashed into a benz bus killing all its occupants.

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