BLANTYRE, Malawi, 11th June, 2024 (WAM) -- An airplane carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima may have crashed in the Chikangawa Forest, but it has not yet been found, a senior military official said on Tuesday.
Reuters quoted Malawi Defence Force Commander Paul Valentino Phiri as saying that search and rescue operations had been hampered by thick forest and foggy weather affecting ground visibility.
As WAM reported earlier, a military plane carrying the vice president and nine others went missing on Monday while on a short trip from the capital to a mountainous region in the country's north and a search was underway.
The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the southern African nation's capital, Lilongwe, but disappeared from radar and failed to land as scheduled at Mzuzu International Airport.