Former Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima’s military plane crashed due to weather conditions and human error, according to an investigative report read on national television. It thus rules out any criminal trail.
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For more than four hours, the commission’s investigators read, line by line, the conclusions of the investigation into the plane crash in which the former Malawian vice-president was. And for Jabbar Alide, president of this commission, the accident was the result of particularly bad weather conditions, having led to human error.
“ The commission believes that partial disorientation occurred due to marginal weather conditions “, explains the report. And to add: “ The crew, who were applying visual flight rules, lost their visual references and were therefore unable to maintain their orientation due to low clouds, fog and strong winds, which caused the accident. “.
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According to the report, all members on board died instantly. due to the violence of the impact ». An accident that Malawian President Lazarus Chakweran described at the time as “ tragedy “.
This incident took place on June 10 when Saulos Chilima was going to the funeral of a former member of the government aboard a Malawian military plane. Alongside him was the country’s former first lady, Shanil Dzimbiri, and seven others. Before disappearing from radar above the Chikangawa forest reserve, the plane had tried to land on the runway of the destination airport in Mzuzu. But the strong winds forced the crew to turn around.
This report also provides eagerly awaited answers. Important members of Mr. Chilima’s party had already denounced the slowness of the investigation, even though relations between Saulos Chilima and its president, Lazarus Chakweran, were not in good shape.
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