An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima, his wife and eight others has gone missing, a statement from the office of Malawi’s president has said.
The Malawi Defense Force aircraft “went off the radar” after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, the statement added.
The president has ordered a search and rescue operation after aviation officials were unable to contact the aircraft.
According to the statement, the aircraft was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, in the country’s north, just after 10:00 local time but has since gone missing. Other passengers on the flight include the Vice President’s wife, Mary, and several officials from the vice president’s United Transformation Movement UTM party
