Chilima, 51, was laid to rest in his village of Nsipe in the district of Ntcheu, about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Lilongwe.

Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.

Chilima, along with nine others lost their lives after the military plane they were travelling in crashed in Chikangawa Forest in Mzimba in the northe...

Aviation authorities had failed to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar.

Efforts by aviation authorities to establish contact with the aircraft that went off-radar have been unsuccessful.