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Shughuli za utafutaji na uokoaji zitaendelea hadi ndege iliyotoweka iliyombeba makamu wa rais wa Malawi, Saulos Klaus Chilima, ipatikane, rais wa taifa hilo la kusini mwa Afrika alisema.
Chilima, 51, alikuwa ndani ya ndege ya kijeshi na wengine tisa walioondoka Lilongwe, mji mkuu, saa 9.17 asubuhi Ofisi ya Rais wa Malawi na Baraza la Mawaziri lilisema katika taarifa ya awali.
Ilisema juhudi za mamlaka ya usafiri wa anga kuwasiliana na ndege hiyo tangu ilipotoka kwenye rada hazikufaulu. Ndege hiyo ilikuwa imepangwa kutua Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mzuzu saa 10.02 asubuhi.
Ndege hiyo haikuweza kutua katika uwanja huo kutokana na kutoonekana vizuri na kuamriwa kurejea katika mji mkuu, Rais Lazarus Chakwera alisema katika hotuba yake kwa taifa kupitia televisheni.
"Ninashikilia kila hali ya matumaini kwamba tutapata manusura," alisema, akiongeza kuwa eneo la utafutaji lilijikita karibu na eneo la kilomita 10 katika hifadhi ya msitu.
"Nimetoa amri kali kwamba shughuli hiyo iendelee hadi ndege ipatikane."
Alisema Malawi imefikia nchi jirani, na Marekani, Uingereza, Norway na serikali za Israel kwa ajili ya msaada katika juhudi za uokoaji.
Chilima, anayeonekana kuwa mgombea katika uchaguzi wa urais mwaka ujao, alikamatwa mwaka wa 2022 kwa tuhuma za ufisadi.
Hata hivyo, mahakama ya Malawi ilitupilia mbali mashtaka ya ufisadi dhidi yake mwezi uliopita baada ya mkurugenzi wa mashtaka ya umma kuwasilisha notisi ya kesi hiyo kusitishwa. Chilima amekana kufanya makosa yoyote.
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Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation's president said late on Monday.
Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, at 9.17 am Malawi's Office of the President and Cabinet said in an earlier statement.
It said efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar had failed. The plane had been scheduled to land at Mzuzu Airport at 10.02 am.
The plane was unable to land at the airport due to poor visibility and was ordered to return to the capital, President Lazarus Chakwera said in a televised address to the nation.
"I'm holding on to every fibre of hope that we'll find survivors," he said, adding that the search area was concentrated around a 10 km radius in a forest reserve.
"I have given strict orders that the operation should continue until the plane is found."
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He said Malawi had reached out to neighbouring countries, and the US, Britain, Norway and the Israeli governments for support in the rescue efforts.
Chilima, seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations.
However, a Malawi court dropped the 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.
Pia soma:News Alert: - Ndege iliyombeba Makamu wa Rais wa Malawi na Maofisa wengine 9 imepotea
Chilima, 51, alikuwa ndani ya ndege ya kijeshi na wengine tisa walioondoka Lilongwe, mji mkuu, saa 9.17 asubuhi Ofisi ya Rais wa Malawi na Baraza la Mawaziri lilisema katika taarifa ya awali.
Ilisema juhudi za mamlaka ya usafiri wa anga kuwasiliana na ndege hiyo tangu ilipotoka kwenye rada hazikufaulu. Ndege hiyo ilikuwa imepangwa kutua Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mzuzu saa 10.02 asubuhi.
Ndege hiyo haikuweza kutua katika uwanja huo kutokana na kutoonekana vizuri na kuamriwa kurejea katika mji mkuu, Rais Lazarus Chakwera alisema katika hotuba yake kwa taifa kupitia televisheni.
"Ninashikilia kila hali ya matumaini kwamba tutapata manusura," alisema, akiongeza kuwa eneo la utafutaji lilijikita karibu na eneo la kilomita 10 katika hifadhi ya msitu.
"Nimetoa amri kali kwamba shughuli hiyo iendelee hadi ndege ipatikane."
Alisema Malawi imefikia nchi jirani, na Marekani, Uingereza, Norway na serikali za Israel kwa ajili ya msaada katika juhudi za uokoaji.
Chilima, anayeonekana kuwa mgombea katika uchaguzi wa urais mwaka ujao, alikamatwa mwaka wa 2022 kwa tuhuma za ufisadi.
Hata hivyo, mahakama ya Malawi ilitupilia mbali mashtaka ya ufisadi dhidi yake mwezi uliopita baada ya mkurugenzi wa mashtaka ya umma kuwasilisha notisi ya kesi hiyo kusitishwa. Chilima amekana kufanya makosa yoyote.
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Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation's president said late on Monday.
Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, at 9.17 am Malawi's Office of the President and Cabinet said in an earlier statement.
It said efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar had failed. The plane had been scheduled to land at Mzuzu Airport at 10.02 am.
The plane was unable to land at the airport due to poor visibility and was ordered to return to the capital, President Lazarus Chakwera said in a televised address to the nation.
"I'm holding on to every fibre of hope that we'll find survivors," he said, adding that the search area was concentrated around a 10 km radius in a forest reserve.
"I have given strict orders that the operation should continue until the plane is found."
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He said Malawi had reached out to neighbouring countries, and the US, Britain, Norway and the Israeli governments for support in the rescue efforts.
Chilima, seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations.
However, a Malawi court dropped the 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.
Pia soma:News Alert: - Ndege iliyombeba Makamu wa Rais wa Malawi na Maofisa wengine 9 imepotea
