Three persons, including one requiring urgent medical care, were evacuated from McMurdo Station in Antarctica in a high-risk operation.

A flight to Antarctica is among the hardest in the world because of the freezing conditions and because a runway must be physically created on the ice.

A dark cloud hangs over the Western Region as it grapples with the confirmation that all three crew members of Wednesday’s fatal military helicopter crash were personnel of the Takoradi Air Force Base.