Wreckage of Missing Plane Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Found
The wreckage of a Dornier 228 military plane, which was carrying Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Klaus Chilima, former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri and 8 others has been found.
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Plane Wreckage Pictures Circulate on Social Media as Crash Site is Discovered
Pictures of the wreckages at the crash site have already started circulating on social media.
The military aircraft which reportedly went missing shortly after 10 AM on Monday, was found in the Chikangawa Forest in Mzimba, with no survivors.
President Chakwera Confirms the Death of VP Chilima & 9 Others
President Lazarus Chakwera has confirmed in a televised address that all 10 passengers on board, including Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima, have died.
He said that the Malawi Defence Force commander informed him that the search and rescue operation has been completed and the plane was found.
Mr Chakwera said he was “deeply saddened and sorry” to inform Malawians of the terrible tragedy.
He said the rescue team found the aircraft completely destroyed.
Watch the video below;
Malawi’s president Lazarus Chakwera announces that wreckage of missing plane carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others who were travelling with him has been found- with no survivors 1/2 pic.twitter.com/0U7I7MYOfa
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Details Emerge on the Fatal Flight that claimed Vice President Saulos Chilima Life
Chilima, 51, was on his way to represent the government at the burial of former government minister Ralph Kasambara, who died four days ago.
Former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri was also on the flight, which took off from the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.
It was meant to land at the airport in the northern city of Mzuzu, but was turned back because of poor visibility.
Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars.
The plane went off-radar yesterday and couldn’t be traced thus initiating search operations.
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