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Lilongwe: The plane carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima, his wife Mary and nine officials of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in Chile disappeared from radars at 9.17am on Monday and is feared to have crashed. The plane was heading from the capital Lilongwe to Mzuzu International Airport. The plane was a Malawi Defence Force aircraft.
According to a statement released by the office of the President of Malawi, the plane was scheduled to arrive in Mzuzu at 10.02am, but when contact was lost, the president asked authorities to launch an immediate investigation. As the BBC says.
Defence Forces Commander and Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera avoided travelling to the Bahamas upon learning of the news.
In this regard, the President's Office said that whatever action is being taken or will be taken in connection with this incident, the public will be informed about it as soon as possible.
Malawi army chief General Valentino Phiri told President Lazarus that there was no information yet on why the plane went missing.
Chilima was on his way to attend the funeral of former cabinet minister Ralph Kasambara. Chilima, who has been serving as vice president since 2014, has a PhD degree from the University of Bolton. Which was of management knowledge. He has a bachelor's degree in social sciences, computer science and economics from the University of Malawi. He became vice president for the first time in 2014. He was elected vice president for the second time in 2020.
The country situated on the banks of Lake Nyasa in South Africa was earlier known as 'Nyasa-land'. The British ruled over it. The mother of the universe 'Nile' (Neel) originates from this Lake Nyasa. It extends for about 4,000 miles (6,695 km) to the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Egypt. It is the longest river in the world.