South Africa: Following the disappearance of the military plane carrying the vice president of Malawi, the country’s government has announced that 9 people were killed, including vice president Saulos Chilima.
The South African government reported that he had gone missing on his way to Mzuzu at 9.17am local time (07.17GMT) yesterday from Lilongwe, the capital of the South African country. The flight was carrying 10 people, including 51-year-old Vice President Chilima.
However, due to bad weather, the flight was unable to land and the control room officials said to turn back. Later, the controllers lost contact with the plane and the plane disappeared. Following this, around 600 personnel are searching a vast forested area in the Viphya Hills near Mzuzu.
Meanwhile, the Office of the President and Cabinet has said that the search for the missing Malawi Defense Force plane yesterday (June 10) has unfortunately ended in tragedy today. Lasted more than a day After a search, 6 passengers and 3 army personnel were confirmed dead on board.
At present, serious investigation is going on as to how this missing plane crashed and what was the reason for the disappearance of the plane.
