Malawi: Mid-May Start for Fresh Chikangawa Plane Crash Probe

Fresh inquiry into Malawi military plane crash to exhume Chilima and eight victims – The Mail & Guardian

Malawi’s parliament has announced plans to exhume the remains of former vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight others who died in a June 2024 military aircraft crash in northern Malawi. The move forms part of a renewed parliamentary inquiry into the disaster that killed all nine people on board a Dornier 228 aircraft operated by the Malawi Defence Force. A parliamentary statement issued on Tuesday said the exhumations would allow forensic patho…

Malawi: Mid-May Start for Fresh Chikangawa Plane Crash Probe

Parliament has announced that fresh investigations into the Chikangawa plane crash that claimed the lives of former Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima and eight others will begin by mid-May 2026, marking a renewed push for answers in one of Malawi's most tragic aviation disasters.

Plane crash probe to hear from 150 witnesses

By Wezzie Gausi: The parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating the plane crash that killed former vice president Saulos Chilima and eight others has announced that it expects to hear from over 150 witnesses during the inquiry. This is compared with the 120 witnesses engaged by the previous Commission of Inquiry. In a statement, committee chairperson Walter Nyamilandu Manda said preparations for the investigation had been completed and that th…

Parliament to reopen Chilima plane crash probe in mid-may Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi

Nearly two years after the plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, Parliament has announced a fresh investigation into one of Malawi’s most painful national tragedies, with full inquiries expected to begin by mid-May. In a statement released today, chairperson of the Parliamentary ad-hoc committee on the crash, Walter Nyamilandu Manda, said […] The post Parliament to reopen Chilima plane crash probe in mid-may app…

Parliament Sets Mid-May Start for Fresh Chikangawa Plane Crash Probe, Promises Full Accountability - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Parliament has announced that fresh investigations into the Chikangawa plane crash that claimed the lives of former Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima and eight others will begin by mid-May 2026, marking a renewed push for answers in one of Malawi’s most tragic aviation disasters. The development comes after the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee completed […] The post Parliament Sets Mid-May Start for Fresh Chikangawa Plane Crash Probe, Promis…