Malawi Vice President: Plane carrying Malawi's Vice President missing, search continues
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima Plane Missing A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president and nine others went missing on Monday and is being searched for, the presidential office said. All attempts to contact the plane have so far failed since it disappeared from radar. However, the search operation is ongoing.
A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president and nine other people went missing on Monday. The search for the plane is ongoing. The office of Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said the plane, carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and others, took off from the capital, Lilongwe, at 09:17 am local time.
The plane was scheduled to land at Mzuzu International Airport, 370 kilometers away, about 45 minutes later, but aviation authorities have not been able to contact the plane since it disappeared from radar. Chakwera has ordered a search operation and canceled his trip to the Bahamas.