Military Plane Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima Goes Missing, Search Underway
Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it “went off radar”
Malawi VP Saulos Chilima: A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing on Monday, 10 June 2024 morning, said the government.
Vice-President Saulos Chilima, along with nine others, was reported missing on Monday, and a search operation has been initiated, according to the president’s office. The aircraft transporting Vice President Chilima departed from the capital, Lilongwe, but did not arrive as scheduled at Mzuzu International Airport, located approximately 370 kilometers to the north, about 45 minutes later.
Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it “went off radar,” the statement from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera’s office said.
Chakwera ordered a search operation and canceled a trip to the Bahamas, his office said.
(With agency inputs)
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