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Malawi’s government says a helicopter carrying ten people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima, has disappeared from radar while flying over the African country. A search and rescue operation is underway. Government spokeswoman Colleen Zamba said a Malawi Defense Force aircraft had taken off from Lilongwe at 9:17 a.m. Monday for a flight to Mzuzu International Airport, where it was supposed to land at 10:02 a.m. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” Zamba said. President Lazarus Chakwera has canceled his sc…