In an address to the nation today, President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi declared that Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers.
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi declared on Tuesday that Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other passengers had perished in an aircraft accident.
After the plane failed to make a landing at Mzuzu International Airport, located roughly 380 kilometers (240 miles) north of the capital Lilongwe, it vanished from sight. In a speech to the country, Chakwera announced the location of the plane's wreckage.
“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a tragedy,” Chakwera said.
The head of Malawi said that the plane was discovered "destroyed" next to a hill in the northern Malawian Chikangawa Forest, ...
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