Plane Carrying Malawi's Vice President, 9 Others, Reported Missing

Saulos Chilima was on a military aircraft when it disappeared

Saulos Chilima
A search is on for the plane carrying Malawi's vice president. AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images

A search is on for Malawi's vice president after a plane he was in was reported missing on Monday.

The office of the president announced that Saulos Chilima was on a military aircraft and nine others failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport at 10:02 a.m.

"All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far," the Southeastern African country's government said in a statement.

President Lazarus Chakwera said he had canceled a scheduled trip to the Bahamas and ordered an "immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the aircraft.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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