A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others is missing and a search operation is underway. The office of President Lazarus Chakwera said the plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital Lilongwe Monday morning.
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima ,left, and his wife Mary disembark from a plane upon his return from South Korea in Lillongwe, Sunday, June 9, 2024. A military plane carrying Malawi ’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said.
Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it “went off radar,” according to a statement from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera’s office. Chakwera ordered a search operation and canceled a trip to the Bahamas, his office said. Chakwera was informed of the missing plane by Gen. Valentino Phiri, the head of the Malawian armed forces. The president ordered national and local authorities to “conduct an immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the aircraft,” his office said.
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