Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has been killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday.

Johannesburg — Malawi's Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima and 9 other people were killed when the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Chikangawa mountain range, the government said Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning, Gen. Paul Phiri of the Malawi Defense Force said at a news conference that nearly 200 soldiers had been involved in the search, which had been hindered by thick fog.

Saulos Chilima was “a good man, a devoted father and husband, a patriotic citizen who served his country with distinction,” said Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera.

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