The aircraft carrying the vp of Malawi disappears

A aircraft carrying Malawi’s vp, Saulos Chilima, and 9 others has gone lacking, a press release from the president’s workplace mentioned.

The Malawi Protection Pressure aircraft “went off the radar” after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, he added.

The aircraft was on account of land at Mzuzu Worldwide Airport, within the north of the nation, simply after 10:00 native time.

In a speech late Monday, President Lazarus Chakwera mentioned a search and rescue operation was ongoing.

“Troopers are nonetheless on the bottom conducting searches and I’ve given strict orders that the operation proceed till the aircraft is discovered,” he mentioned, including that it was a “heartbreaking state of affairs.”

“I do know we’re all scared and frightened – I am frightened too. However I wish to guarantee you that I’m sparing no out there useful resource to search out that aircraft and I’m holding on to each fiber of hope that we’ll discover survivors.”

Chakwera earlier canceled his flight to the Bahamas which was scheduled for Monday night.

The explanation for the aircraft’s disappearance is just not but identified, Basic Valentino Phiri informed Mr Chakwera. Moses Kunkuyu, Malawi’s info minister, informed the BBC that efforts to search out the aircraft had been “intense”.

Chilima was on his approach to signify the federal government on the funeral of former cupboard minister Ralph Kasambara, who died three days in the past.

In 2022, Chilima was arrested and charged over allegations that he accepted cash in change for the award of presidency contracts. Final month, the court docket dropped the costs, giving no cause for this resolution.

Who’s Saulos Chilima?

Previous to his political profession, Chilima held key management roles in multinational corporations comparable to Unilever and Coca Cola.

He’s 51 years previous. He’s married and has two kids.

Chilima is described on the federal government web site as a “performer”, “arotic” and “an achievement”.

He has a PhD in information administration.

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