Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash

The vice-president of Malawi and nine others have died in a plane crash, the country's president has said.

The flight - carrying seven passengers and three military crew members - "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera announced the news in a live broadcast on Tuesday.

Malawi soldiers near the site of a plane crash mountainous area in the north of the country, which killed the vice president and nine others
The site of a plane crash in a mountainous area in the north of Malawi, which killed the vice president and nine others

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