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Malawian President confirms the death of Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others in a plane crash.
Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other passengers were on board the jet when it crashed into a forest on Tuesday, according to Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera.
Due to poor weather, the military aircraft carrying Chilima, 51, and nine other people was unable to land in the northern city of Mzuzu and was instructed to return to the capital, Lilongwe. The plane vanished on Monday. On Tuesday, operations were concentrated on a forest to the south of Mzuzu.
“The plane has been found and I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you all, it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” he said, in a televised address.
“When the plane went missing, we managed to locate the last tower at which the phones had transmitted, that is why we are concentrating our efforts on that area,”
Moses Kunkuyu, a spokesperson for President Lazarus Chakwera’s government, told a news conference.
Point of View spoke to Prof Gilbert Khadiagala – an International Relations Expert unpack how the incident involving Vice President Saulos Chilima happened.
Listen to the full conversation here:
Malawi’s president Lazarus Chakwera announces that wreckage of missing plane carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others who were travelling with him has been found- with no survivors 1/2 pic.twitter.com/0U7I7MYOfa
— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) June 11, 2024
These images are yet to be officially confirmed, but Malawian government sources are saying that the military plane wreckage has been found.
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) June 11, 2024
More to come from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera anytime now when he addresses the nation. pic.twitter.com/NIccSXFPyl
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