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Aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima goes missing: Report

The Malawi Defense Force aircraft carrying Chilima and nine others "went off the radar" after it left the capital.

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Monday, June 10, 2024

LONDON: A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima is reportedly missing after it failed to make a landing on Monday morning, the government said.

“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” the government said in a statement.

The plane carrying 51-year-old Chilima and nine others took off just after 9:00 am local time (0700 GMT).

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