A search operation is underway after a military plane carrying Malawi's vice president went missing, according to the president’s office. The jet was carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima along with nine others, and left the country’s capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it ‘went off radar’, according to a statement from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera's office. Chakwera’s office said he ordered a search operation and cancelled a trip to the Bahamas. Chilima then joined Chakwera's campaign as his running mate in the historic election rerun in 2020, when Chakwera was elected president.

Source: Ethiopian News June 10, 2024 19:19 UTC