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Mystery in the Skies: Malawi Vice President's Aircraft Disappearance Sparks Search Operation

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Breaking news: A military plane carrying Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Chilima, has gone missing prompting a frantic search operation. Read on for more details!

In a puzzling turn of events, a military aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has disappeared without a trace. The flight was scheduled to land at Mzuzu International Airport but went missing en route, leaving authorities with no communication or tracking signals. This alarming incident has sparked a massive search operation in the mountainous terrain of northern Malawi.

The 51-year-old Vice President had departed from the capital, Lilongwe, on a routine short-hop flight that mysteriously veered off radar, causing concern and confusion. As aviation authorities scramble to locate the missing aircraft, fears and speculations run rampant about the safety and whereabouts of the passengers on board. President Lazarus Chakwera's office has issued a statement expressing deep concern and coordinating efforts to locate the missing plane.

Military personnel are tirelessly scouring the rugged hills and forests near the city, intensifying the search operation to uncover any leads or traces of the vanished aircraft. The unfolding mystery of the missing plane has gripped the nation, with hopes and prayers for the safe return of the Vice President and the other passengers on the ill-fated flight. Stay tuned for updates as the search continues for answers in this perplexing aviation enigma.

Interesting Fact: Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima, a prominent political figure, is also an economist and former CEO of a leading telecommunications company. His sudden disappearance has sent shockwaves through the nation, raising concerns about the stability of the government and the safety of high-ranking officials in the country.

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Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president Saulos Klaus Chilima and 9 ... (News24)

They were on a short-hop airforce flight due at Mzuzu International airport around 10AM this morning. All contact was lost with the plane, and a search had ...

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Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president missing, search under way (Aljazeera.com)

The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu ...

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Aircraft carrying Malawi's vice-president goes missing (The Guardian)

Plane carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others 'went off the radar' after leaving capital Lilongwe for 45-minute flight.

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Plane carrying Malawi vice president missing (Voice of America)

The military aircraft carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima is missing after it did not make a landing Monday morning, according to a ...

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Search underway for Malawi vice president after military jet ... (Africanews English)

Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it 'went off radar', according to a statement from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera's office.

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Plane carrying Malawi's vice president is missing, search is underway (The Associated Press)

The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the southern African nation's capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17 a.m. but failed to land as scheduled ...

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Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president and nine others goes missing (Reuters)

An aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others has gone missing, the southern African nation's presidency said on ...

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Aircraft carrying Malawi Vice-President goes missing (BBC News)

Saulos Chilima and nine others were on board of a military plane that went off the radar on Monday morning.

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Soldiers search mountainous northern Malawi for missing military ... (The Washington Post)

Malawi's president says soldiers are searching hills and forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president ...

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Aircraft carrying Malawi Vice-President goes missing (BBC News)

Saulos Chilima and nine others were on board of a military plane that went off the radar on Monday morning.

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Soldiers searching for missing Malawi military plane carrying vice ... (PBS NewsHour)

The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others left the southern African nation's capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17 a.m. and was ...

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Military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing ... (ABC News)

Malawi's president says soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice ...

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Aircraft Carrying Malawi's Vice President Is Missing (The New York Times)

A search is underway after the aircraft carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people vanished.

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Search Continues After Plane Carrying Malawi's Vice President and ... (TIME)

BLANTYRE, Malawi โ€” Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president ...

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Search underway for missing plane carrying Malawi vice president (The Washington Post)

A plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others went missing in bad weather, putting the East African country's Defense Force on alert.

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Malawi asks for help from neighbours, partners in search for VP ... (News24)

The plane carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima disappeared on Tuesday.

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Malawi: Vice President Saulos Chilima, 9 others die in plane crash (The Associated Press)

The wreckage of the military plane was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that lasted more than a day.

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Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima among 10 killed in plane crash (Aljazeera.com)

Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash along with nine other people on board, President Lazarus Chakwera has announced, ...

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Malawi's president says VP killed in plane crash (Voice of America)

Malawi's president said Vice President Saulos Chilima, his wife and eight others were killed when their plane crashed in a dense forest Monday.

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OBITUARY | Malawi's vice-president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, dies ... (News24)

Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, Malawi's vice-president and a possible future leader of the country, died on Monday. He was 51.

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Malawi Vice-President, nine others, killed in plane crash (eNCA)

The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday, after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to bad weather and was ...

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Malawi's Vice President among 10 confirmed dead in plane crash ... (Africanews English)

Malawi's Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, ...

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Malawi Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima killed in plane crash ... (CBS News)

The vice president of Malawi, Dr. Saulos Chilima, was killed when his military plane crashed on the way to a funeral, the government says.

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