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Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri are among the passengers on a military plane that has gone missing in the country’s northern region. The plane lost contact with air traffic control shortly after takeoff from the capital, Lilongwe, due to bad weather and poor visibility. President Lazarus Chakwera has assured the public that all available resources are being used to locate the plane, and international assistance has been offered from the US, UK, Norway, and Israel. The search operation is focused on a 10-kilometer radius in one of the plantations in the Viphya mountain range, where the plane’s last known position was tracked.

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing on Monday, according to a statement from the president’s office. The Malawi government has launched a search for the plane, which departed from the capital, Lilongwe, shortly after 9 am (local time) and was scheduled to land at Mzuzu International Airport after 10 am (local time). All efforts to make contact with the aircraft have failed thus far. After being informed of the missing plane, Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera canceled his scheduled flight to the Bahamas. More details are awaited.