A military aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing yesterday morning. The government stated that all efforts to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed.
The plane took off just after 9:00 am local time and was headed to an undisclosed destination. President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered regional and national forces to conduct an immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the aircraft.
Chakwera, who was due to travel to the Bahamas for a working visit, has cancelled his trip. In 2022, Chilima was stripped of his powers when he was arrested and charged with graft over a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian businessman. Last month, a Malawian court dropped the charges after Chilima attended several court appearances.
