Plane with the vice-president in Malawi to be found – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima took off from Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, on Monday. The plane was due to land at the airport in the city of Mzuzu 50 minutes later. Due to bad weather, the plane was asked to return to the capital. The plane will be found on Tuesday morning. The search has been difficult due to dense forest and slush, state the authorities. The president of the country, Lazarus Chakwera, says that everyone on board has died, write AFP. – The plane has been found and I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you all that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy, Disappeared from the radar It was on the way back that the plane, a twin-engine propeller plane, disappeared, writes newspaper Malawi24. – En route, the plane disappeared from the radars. Several attempts were made to make contact with the plane, without success, stated President Lazarus Chakwera in a televised speech late Monday evening. Malawi’s president Lazarus Chakwera Photo: AP The other passengers on board the plane will be Chilima’s wife and several politicians from the vice-president’s party, the United Transformation Movement (UTM). The BBC writes. In total, there must have been ten people on board. The travel entourage was to participate in the funeral of a former minister. Norway asked for help The president launched a large search operation when the plane disappeared. – The search for the missing plane from the Malawi Defense Force (MDF), with Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilimi and nine other passengers continues, says Chakwera, in an update on the government’s Facebook page on Monday evening. I have hope that we will find survivors. The Malawian newspaper The Nation writes that the leadership team is searching in the area around Chikangawa, a large national park some distance outside the capital. The plane the vice-president was on must have flown from the country’s capital Linogwe on Monday morning. The president has contacted neighboring countries and development partners, which include the American, British, Norwegian and Israeli governments, for support and the use of specialized technology in the search and rescue mission. Chakwera has also canceled a planned trip to the Bahamas, the BBC reports. Chilima Saulos Klaus Chilima (51) has been vice-president since 2020. He was also vice-president in the period 2014 to 2019. In 2022, Chilima was temporarily removed after he was arrested and charged with corruption. It happened in connection with a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian businessman, writes news agency AFP. As recently as May, a Malawian court dropped the charges, after Chilima had appeared at several court hearings. Published 10.06.2024, at 17.52 Updated 11.06.2024, at 12.58



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