Malawi Government Search For Saulos Chilima Vice President – Missing Aircraft

Malawi Government Search For Saulos Chilima Vice President – Missing Aircraft

A plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing after failing to make a scheduled landing on Monday, according to the presidential office.

The Malawi Defense Force Aircraft, which departed from Lilongwe at 9:17 a.m. local time (3:17 a.m. ET), was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) north of Lilongwe.

However, the plane did not arrive and is no longer detectable by radar. Authorities have been unable to contact the aircraft since it went off the radar.

In response, the commander of the Malawi Defense Force, General Valentino Phiri, informed President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the incident.

The president has 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 aircraft.