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Malawi’s president has appealed for international help to find the aircraft carrying his vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and nine others after it went missing on Monday.

Dr Lazarus Chakwera used a national address from Kamuzu Palace to request assistance from the US, Israel, UK and other development partners as well as neighbouring countries after the defence force aircraft “went off the radar” when it left the capital Lilongwe at 9.17am local time.

The president urged prayers for the passengers and said he hoped to find survivors, directing that the search by the Malawian Defense Force must continue through the night.

“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” said an earlier statement from the president’s office.

Chilima, 51, had been due to attend the funeral of Ralph Kasambara, a former minister of justice and attorney general, in the village of Chijere, east of Mzuzu.

He previously led the mobile network Airtel Malawi, as well as working at Unilever, Coca-Cola and Carlsberg, according to his profile on the government’s website.

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