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Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

Malawi Vice President Chilima and the 9 people accompanying him lost their lives in a plane crash. On May 19, 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter had also crashed. Chilima thus became the 23rd head of state to lose his life in an aviation accident.

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Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

Malawian Vice President Chilima and 9 others on the same plane lost their lives as a result of the plane crash. The wreckage of the military aircraft carrying the 51-year-old Chilima was found in a mountainous region in the north of the country after search efforts that lasted more than a day.
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera stated in a speech broadcast live on state television that there were no survivors of the crash. Former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri was also on board the plane.
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

Furthermore, Malawian Vice President Chilima became the 23rd head of state to lose their life in an aviation accident.
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

Here are the heads of state who lost their lives in aviation accidents:
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

December 9, 1936 - Arvid Lindman - Prime Minister of Sweden - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

September 7, 1940 - Jose Felix Estigarribia - President of Paraguay - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

July 4, 1943 - Wladyslaw Sikorski - Leader of the Polish government-in-exile - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

June 16, 1958 - Nereu Ramos - Acting President of Brazil - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

March 29, 1959 - Barthelemy Boganda - President of the Central African Republic - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

September 18, 1961 - Dag Hammarskjold - UN Secretary-General - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

May 14, 1966 - Abdul Salam Arif - President of Iraq - Helicopter crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

April 27, 1969 - Rene Barrientos - President of Bolivia - helicopter crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

January 18, 1977 - Dzemal Bijedic - Prime Minister of Yugoslavia - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

May 27, 1979 - Ahmed Ould Bouceif - Prime Minister of Mauritania - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

December 4, 1980 - Francisco Carneiro - Prime Minister of Portugal - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

May 24, 1981 - Jaime Roldos Aguilera - President of Ecuador - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

August 1, 1981- Omar Torrijos- President of Panama- plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

October 19, 1986 - Samora Machel - President of Mozambique - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

June 1, 1987 - Rashid Karami - Prime Minister of Lebanon - helicopter crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

August 17, 1988 - Zia-ul-Haq - President of Pakistan - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

April 6, 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi, and Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, died in a plane crash (in the same incident).
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

April 6, 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi, and Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, died in a plane crash (in the same incident).
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

February 26, 2004 - Boris Trajkovski - President of North Macedonia - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

April 10, 2010 - Lech Kaczynski - President of Poland - plane crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

February 5, 2024 Sebastian Pinera - President of Chile - helicopter crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

May 19, 2024- Ebrahim Raisi- President of Iran- helicopter crash
Malawi Vice President Chilima's plane had crashed! Plane and helicopter accidents where leaders lost their lives: The number has risen to 23

In 1959, the plane carrying Turkey's 9th Prime Minister, the late Adnan Menderes, crashed in a village in London, the capital of England, where he had traveled for Cyprus negotiations. Menderes survived the crash with minor injuries.