Malawi Vice President and nine others killed in plane crash
- June 11, 2024
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He Vice President of MalawiSaulos Klaus Chilima and nine others died when the military plane they were traveling on crashed this Monday And? He disappeared in a forest
He Vice President of MalawiSaulos Klaus Chilima and nine others died when the military plane they were traveling on crashed this Monday And? He disappeared in a forest in the north of the country, the President of Malawi said on Tuesday, Lazar Chakwara.
” search and rescue operation What I ordered to find the missing plane carrying the vice president and nine other people has been completed. And the plane was found. I am saddened and deeply regretful to inform you that this has turned out to be terrible tragedy“Chakwera said in a televised address to the nation.
“The search and rescue team located the aircraft near a hill in the Chikangawa forest and recovered it. completely destroyed, no survivors“Since not a single passenger on board survived the impact,” the clearly upset head of state emphasized from the presidential palace in Kamuzu in the capital Lilongwe.
Vice President of Malawi Saulos Klaus Chilima | Photo: Reuters
Conveying his message, the president noted that “words cannot describe how painful this is.” condolences to the families of the victims and the whole nation.
I can only imagine how much pain and suffering you are all feeling right now.
Some 200 soldiers took part in the search The military plane, which was carrying 51 vice-presidents and other passengers, was announced on Tuesday before Chakwera’s speech by army chief Lt. Gen. Paul Valentino Phiri.
The rescue team, which focused on the Chikangawa forest, also included police and forest guards, Phiri told a news conference in Lilongwe.
However, bad weather and difficult terrain made the operation difficult.
“Chikangawa has very dense terrain and this morning we experienced bad weather conditionswhich resulted in a decrease in visibility,” explained the lieutenant general, whose words were quoted by local media.
At a press conference, Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu said that Communications Regulatory Authority of Malawi (Makra) contacted other regulators in neighboring Zambia and Tanzania to provide technical support and expertise to locate the aircraft.
Kunkuyu added that Makra has also contacted the Angolan space agency to help with satellite images.
USA It also offered to use a C-12 aircraft to support search efforts, the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe said.
President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera | Photo: EFE
The missing military plane lost contact with aviation authorities on Monday and failed to make a scheduled landing in a northern city.
A Malawi Defense Force aircraft took off from Lilongwe at 09:17 local time (07:17 GMT) and was scheduled to land at 10:02 at Mzuzu International Airport, the capital of the Northern region.
Apparently The pilot was unable to land due to bad weather what he was doing in the area.
Upon learning of this event, Chakwera canceled his trip to the Bahamas to attend the thirty-first conference. African Export-Import Bank Annual Meeting (Afreximbank) and the third Afro-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum, scheduled for June 12-14.
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In an address to the nation late Monday, the president stressed that he would spare “all resources to ensure that the vice president and the people with whom he traveled are found.”
The president added that he has reached out to neighboring countries and Western partners, including the governments of the US, UK, Norway and Israel, for support, including the use of specialized technologies to improve the search and rescue mission.
Chilima took a plane to attend funeral of former Minister of Justice And former prosecutor general of the country Ralph Kasambara.
Politician, economist by profession, came to Vice President in 2020after Chakwera won the presidential election on 23 June that year.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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