By Staff Reporter
Malawian Vice president Dr. Saulos Chilima and nine others entourage who went missing on Monday June 10, 2024 were found dead in a plane crash.
A search for a missing plane carried Chilima and nine others was ordered by the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera on Monday when the aircraft went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport , some 370 km northern Lilongwe capital of Malawi.
The wreckage of the plane was confirmed by President Chakwera during his nation address on Tuesday.
“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” said president Chakwera.
The military plane carried 51-year-old Vice-President Chilima departed the capital, Lilongwe, but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport at around 45 minutes later.
In a media statement released by Chikwera’s office which ordered for a rescue operation and an immediate search to locate the missing aircraft stated that “All efforts to make contact with the aircraft since it went off radar have failed thus far”
Late Vice-President Chilima was temporarily suspended from office in 2022 after allegations of corruption, which were all dropped in May this year.
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