Malawi vice president, nine others killed in plane crash

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other passengers died in a plane crash, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday.

The plane did not land at the airport so a search for the wreckage was ordered. The wreckage was eventually located in the Chikangawa Forest.

“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said.

The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.