JUST IN: MILITARY AIRCRAFT CARRYING MALAWI VP, SAULOS CHILIMA, NINE OTHERS GOES MISSING

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According to a statement from the president’s office, an airplane carrying nine other people, including the vice president of Malawi, Saulos Chilima, has vanished.

It further stated that after departing Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi, on Monday, the aircraft of the Malawi Defense Force “went off the radar.”.

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When aviation authorities were unable to get in touch with the aircraft, the president issued an order for a search and rescue mission.

It was scheduled to touch down shortly after 10:00 local time (11:00 BST) at Mzuzu International Airport in the north of the nation.

President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi canceled his planned trip to the Bahamas after learning of the incident.

Read statement below:

Capital Hill, Lilongwe – The Office of the President and Cabinet wishes to inform the general public that the Malawi Defense Force Aircraft that left Lilongwe today, Monday 10th June 2024 at 09:17 Hours, carrying the Vice President, the Right Honourable Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others, failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport at 10:02.

All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far. As such, the Commander of the Malawi Defense Force, General Valentino Phiri, has since informed His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the incident and the President has since canceled his scheduled departure for the Bahamas and ordered all regional and national agencies to conduct an immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the aircraft.

The public will be updated of any developments on the situation as facts are established.

Colleen Zamba
SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET
Monday, 10th June 2024