“Went Off Radar”: Military Plane Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Goes Missing

A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others has gone missing, sparking a massive search operation.

AP News reports Vice President Saulos Chilima’s plane left the capital, Lilongwe, and failed to land at Mzuzu International Airport – about 230 miles north.

“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” the government wrote in a statement.