Aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president goes missing

말라위 부통령 탑승 비행기 실종

We begin today in Malawi, where an aircraft carrying the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima, and nine others has gone missing.
According to a statement from the country's presidential office the plane "went off the radar" following its departure from the capital Lilongwe on Monday morning.
While the cause of the aircraft's disappearance is still unknown, Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said a search and rescue operation is underway.
The Malawi Defence Force aircraft was heading to Mzuzu International Airport in the North of the country.
51-year-old Chilima, who has been vice president for 10 years, was reportedly on his way to represent the government at the burial of a former cabinet minister Ralph Kasambara.
In 2022 Chilima was arrested and charged over allegations he accepted bribes in exchange for government contracts.
The charges were dropped last month, without a clear explanation.

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2024-06-11, 09:00 (KST)