Blantyre | Malawi's vice president and nine others were killed in a plane crash, the country's president said Tuesday.

The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that lasted more than a day. There were no survivors of the crash, Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said.

Chakwera made the announcement in a live address on state television.