#Malawi’s Vice President Saulos #Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, were killed when the military plane they were traveling in crashed, President Lazarus #Chakwera said on Tuesday.

The aircraft carrying Chilima, who was seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, went missing on Monday.

‘I'm deeply saddened, I'm sorry to inform you all that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy. The search and rescue team has found the aircraft near a hill. They have found it completely destroyed with no survivors,’ Chakwera said in an address to the nation.