A plane carrying the country’s vice president has gone missing in Malawi.

In the African republic of Malawi, the plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima of the country disappeared. It disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the airport in the capital Lilongwe, Politico reported on Monday, June 10.

It was learned that the plane was flying to Mzuza airport in the north of the country. Besides Vice President Saulos Chilima, there were nine other people on board.

In the city of Mzuzu, the vice president was due to attend the funeral of former justice minister Ralph Kasambara, who died three days ago. The plane he flew belonged to the country’s air force.

The loss of the plane was reported by General Valentino Phiri, head of Malawi’s armed forces. President Lazarus Chakwera canceled a planned trip to the Bahamas and ordered national and local authorities to conduct an immediate search and rescue to locate the aircraft. The search continues.

Let’s remember that on May 19, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, returning from Azerbaijan, made a “hard landing.” For a long time, rescuers searched for the crash site in the mountainous area.

Iranian authorities subsequently announced that President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian had died in a helicopter accident.