By A Correspondent| The search and rescue operation for the missing plane carrying Malawi Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine other occupants has ended in tragedy after all of its occupants were found dead. 

According to pictures circulating on social media, the plane wreckage was found but with no signs of life for all the 10 people who were in the plane.

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has since made an address announcing the tragic news.

“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said.