The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the people and government of Malawi for the tragic death of Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, his wife and eight other people in an unfortunate plane accident. .
“All our solidarity, especially with his family and friends,” wrote the Head of State on the X social network.
This Tuesday, the president of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, reported that the country’s vice president had been found dead after the military plane they were traveling in crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the East African nation.
Chilima was seen as a potential candidate in next year’s presidential election and was traveling to Mzuzu, along with the nine other deceased, to attend the funeral of a former government minister.
The plane had departed on Monday, June 10, from Lilongwe, the capital, at 9:17 a.m. local time, but did not land at Mzuzu airport, as scheduled at 10:02 a.m., due to poor visibility, the agencies indicate. of press.
The pilot was ordered to return to Lilongwe. However, the device disappeared from radar and aviation authorities were unable to establish contact with it.
“Despite the history of the aircraft and the experience of the crew, something terrible went wrong with that aircraft on its return flight to Lilongwe, causing it to crash and leaving us all devastated,” stressed the president of Malawi to the break the news.
