A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing and a search is underway

A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said.

The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital, Lilongwe, but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport about 370 kilometers (230 miles) to the north around 45 minutes later.

Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane when it “went off radar,” the statement from Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera’s office said. Chakwera ordered a search operation and canceled a trip to the Bahamas, his office said.

“All efforts to make contact with the aircraft since it went off radar have failed thus far,” the statement said.

CanadaPlus,

Is foul play a possibility here? Malawi is pretty far south, so my instinct is that it would be one of the more stable African countries.

Reverendender,

That’s like 3 world leaders in as many weeks? My count could definitely be off.

Squizzy,

Iran and who else?

NeptuneOrbit,

They can’t say (time travel protocols)

Reverendender,

Namibia

NJSpradlin,

What’s the connection? Did any of these countries put themselves on the wrong side of China or Russia?

ShittyBeatlesFCPres,

I don’t think there’s any sign of foul play. It was apparently too foggy to fly a helicopter in the mountains and Iran’s president did it anyway (knowingly or by accident). Namibia’s president was 82 and died of cancer.

NJSpradlin,

Could be, but I like political intrigue stories. This has the makings of being another spy action thriller staring that buff white actor named ‘Chris’.

Reverendender,

The best ops are when the enemy doesn’t even know anything has happened

Anyolduser,

I believe the connection is aviation.

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