By Bongiwe Dlamini

MBABANE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has confirmed the death of Vice President Saulos Chilima in a plane crash.

The British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) reported on Tuesday that, Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars.

“The plane,a military aircraft,was flying in bad weather.Soldiers were searching Chikangawa Forest in an effort to find the plane.In a news briefing on Tuesday,President Chakwera said the Malawi Defence Force commander informed him that the search and rescue operation has been completed and the plane was found.Mr Chakwera said he was “deeply saddened and sorry” to inform Malawians of the terrible tragedy.He said the rescue team found the aircraft completely destroyed.The vice-president and president come from different parties but the two teamed up to form an alliance during the 2020 elections”, the BBC reported.