MALAWI – An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine other people is reported to have gone missing, the president’s office has confirmed.
According to the statement, Chilima, 51, was aboard a Malawi Defense Force aircraft that “went off the radar” after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera is said to have ordered a search and rescue operation after aviation officials were unable to contact the aircraft.
It was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, in the country’s north, just after 10:00 local time (11:00 BST).
“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” Malawi’s Office of the President and Cabinet said in a statement.
After being informed of the incident Chakwera cancelled his scheduled flight to the Bahamas.
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