President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled his trip to Bahamas following the missing of his deputy Saulos Chilima’s plane.
According to a statement signed by Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba, the Malawi Defense Force Aircraft carrying the Vice President, the Right Honourable Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others, failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport at 10:02.
“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far. As such, the Commander of the Malawi Defense Force, General Valentino Phiri, has since informed His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the incident and the President has since canceled his scheduled departure for the Bahamas and ordered all regional and national agencies to conduct an immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the aircraft.
“The public will be updated of any developments on the situation as facts are established,” reads part of the statement