Malawi VP killed in plane crash

Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among ten people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous forest region in the north of the country on Monday
          

Plane crash in Chikangawa Forest

Monday, 09:17 local time: Plane takes off for Mzuzu

ZAMBIA
Mzuzu
Nkhata Bay
Lake Nyasa 
Nkhotakota
Monkey Bay
Lilongwe  
MALAWI
Zomba 
Blantyre
80km 50 miles
                               

Dornier Do228: Vice president was flying on plane operated by Malawi Army Air Wing
  
There were seven passengers and three military crew members onboard, including former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, ex-wife of former President Bakili Muluzi

Dr Chilima, 51 (above), had been vice-president for 10 years – he leaves behind his wife Mary and two children, Sean and Elizabeth
    

Sources: Associated Press, Simple Flying 
Pictures: Getty Images, Hansueli Krapf 
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