{"id":14604,"date":"2024-06-10T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=14604"},"modified":"2024-06-10T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:00:08","slug":"aircraft-carrying-malawi-vice-president-and-nine-others-goes-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=14604","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president and nine others goes missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aircraft-carrying-malawi-vice-president-and-nine-others-goes-missing.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>An aircraft carrying Malawi\u2019s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others has\u00a0gone missing,\u00a0the southern African nation\u2019s presidency\u00a0said on Monday.Chilima, 51, was aboard a\u00a0military aircraft\u00a0that left Lilongwe,\u00a0the capital,\u00a0at 09:17 a.m. (0717 GMT),\u00a0Malawi\u2019s Office of the President and Cabinet said.\u00a0It said\u00a0search and rescue operations were ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft had been scheduled to land at Mzuzu Airport at 10:02 a.m., according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi\u2019s information minister, Moses Kunkuyu, told state broadcaster MBC that the search efforts had been intensified.<\/p>\n<p>Chilima, seen as a potential candidate in next year\u2019s presidential election,\u00a0was arrested\u00a0in 2022 over graft allegations.<\/p>\n<p>However, a Malawi court\u00a0dropped\u00a0the corruption charges against him last month after the director of public prosecutions filed a notice for the case to be discontinued. Chilima has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An aircraft carrying Malawi\u2019s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others has\u00a0gone missing,\u00a0the southern African nation\u2019s presidency\u00a0said on Monday.Chilima, 51, was aboard a\u00a0military aircraft\u00a0that left Lilongwe,\u00a0the capital,\u00a0at 09:17 a.m. (0717 GMT),\u00a0Malawi\u2019s Office of the President and Cabinet said.\u00a0It said\u00a0search and rescue operations were ongoing. \u201cAll efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the &#8230; <a title=\"Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president and nine others goes missing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=14604\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president and nine others goes missing\">Read 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