Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima died in a plane crash with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday.
The plane went missing after it failed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, which is about 380 kilometers north of the capital Lilongwe.
According to available information, the plane could not land due to poor visibility caused by bad weather.
The pilot was told to turn back, but the plane soon disappeared from radar.
Soon, a search began in which 200 soldiers were involved.
“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane carrying our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. I am very sad to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said, Klix.ba reports.
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