Sophie Mokoena weighs in on the Malawi plane crash

[@brightonchauma9570]

From my own perspective I believe it was a planned disaster. My apologies for that : *That plane took off at 915am and was supposed to do a 2 hr flight. *A VIP flight is always on continuous radar monitoring with a search and rescue request on the flight plan. And that plane was meant to have continuous communication with the various Air Traffic controllers in Malawi with the military on watch from their Air Traffic controllers because there were vips on board. *That Aircraft had an ELBA system (Emergency Location Beacon) which is meant to send a crush signal with its location, it also had a transponder on board from my understanding, which also sends signals even when it's crashing you could see It on the radar descendin fast than normal. *The news came out around 1500 of the missing plane when search and rescue is normally initiated 1hr30 mins max after the aeroplane has not established contact with Air Traffic Services. 😳 which could have been initiated immediately since VIPS were on board. So from 1115am they were quiet about it!!! *Can we say soldiers fail to search for their Vice President because its too cold at night !!! Then during war time they won't fight in their own territory at night !!! *If that aircraft crashed around 12 pm that is after 3 hours in flight though the flight duration was 2 hours and search and rescue had been initiated in a 2 hour flight region or flight path they would have definitely found the aircraft during the day . There is more to the story !!! We are in Africa!!!! Please if I offend anyone please forgive me but that's my own perspective.

[@meizakmusic8095]

The question is, did a plane actually depart from Lilongwe airport, or was it a political decoy? There is political friction within the corridors of power in Malawi I assume. President Chakwera seems to know something that we don't. There doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency in their actions to provide rescue. What if there wasn't any helicopter? Where is the footage showing its departure from the airbase? The distance from Lilongwe airport to Mzuzu airport is 340-350 km. The timing seems off, and from my perspective, everything just seems wrong.

[@sinothizitha1280]

This SADC seems to be disunited. Imagine Mnangagwa asking Russia to be defended against his neighbours. Now Chakwera asking for help from America to locate a crashed plane. We have a circus here.

[@firesista]

Mnangangwa is not a real politician, he doesn’t even know Putin believes African leaders to be utterly stupid .

[@Malani41]

They are not smart!

[@JimJones269]

Exactly. You have a point here. That's wat that Moekwena is failing to understand

[@elizabethpolokamukamaambo5811]

Colonised mentality

[@stevenmunetsi]

ANC asking DA for help

[@ShabaWoud-ug5dl]

There's something about this!! Missing plane around 9AM Searching start at 5PM😭😭😭

[@BulgaLybanon]

Do you think it's just automatic that pple would assume the plane is missing without any confirmation.?? Searching starts when it's confirmed something went missing

[@OmarSalim-jo4ne]

Iam ashamed of Chakwera and his government, why didn't he ask help from our neighboring Countries for help before asking America and Israeli? Something is wrong here, Chakwera knows everything.

[@SamiiJymmy]

Africa will never United for ever coz corruption leadership and they never believe on there own agenda,people will always defend of the western agenda and American Agenda 😂

[@FundoNdeketeya]

That president knows what is going on

[@TrustMagunhe]

Lazarus Chakwera must be hold accountable

[@clivendecha8554]

very much true

[@AnthonyTitus-h4c]

Something is wrong

[@Yaobantu]

We are equally frustrated as Sophie

[@AlexKaunda-ny2eg]

Dont trust this guy he knows everything about this

[@petertaulo8014]

He knew what he was doing

[@JimJones269]

My sister, American uses satellite technology which is more accurate than what you are trying to advance. 2. Sadc is dead. Zim president was 2 days ago backbiting Zambia & Malawi in Russia, you think a normal president will seek help from such a divided regional body? 😮

[@meizakmusic8095]

Defense backup isn't a joke bro. Weaponry is needed to secure the territories in Africa not for war. If you want peace be prepared for battle.

[@ralphfigaro4485]

45 minutes journey on land...almost 24hrs still cannot find the plain? uhm very strange

[@chimwemwemoyo9374]

It's not a 45 min journey on land

[@sinothizitha1280]

Maybe no flight plan filed. Our Afrika.

[@ralphfigaro4485]

@@chimwemwemoyo9374 well above the land then ...the news stated that flight is 45 mins flight from A to B. Geographically it should be a straight line search....

[@chimwemwemoyo9374]

@@ralphfigaro4485 its 45 mins by air, its about 5 to 6 hrs by road. I'm Malawian and I e taken that journey myself.

[@ralphfigaro4485]

@@chimwemwemoyo9374 i know, most searches are done by air brother very crucial to see if there is any survival. .cars gonna take days blood...u didnt get my drift

[@mamangina9780]

Sophie you are right... My thoughts were why not ask from the SADC region? Why did they take long for the search, something is not adding up

[@VanessaBakali]

Well spoke very well spoken Sophie 🤝

[@darlingtonmachilar6745]

Suspicious

[@Luxemaven8686]

Extremely especially with the upcoming elections

[@masterkachingwe7448]

Power really corrupt minds, well calculated very sad 😔 😟

[@openjichitakunye8721]

I think its his English that made some of you miss his speech. And i quote " we have already contacted our neighboring countries as well as our developing countries". Mama Sophie you wanted to mention SA in his speech. Komatu pena anthu aku south Africa ndinu ozikonda mxiiiii. Are you part of neighboring countries mxiiii

[@Pamela-ek9cp]

Black person comment

[@daviemailosi5162]

Cadet iwe

[@LastonMmanga-r2u]

Ndiwe m'modzi wa MCP xiiiiim, ndenge yasowa nthawi yanji and mwayamba search nthawi yanji?? U just hate for the truth stupid comment...

[@jameschitonde5391]

Kma akunena zoona. Ngozi singachitike 9 nkumayamba kufufuza madzulo

[@amourvido8027]

​@@jameschitonde5391imagine that, as if the missing ones ndi anamaskini?🥺 Vice President mpaka kuchedwa that much?

[@magnusmhone3349]

Listen carefully.The president did ask for help from SADC first.The question is when?

[@alicemafuleka9938]

When a journalists runs with the smoke. 😮

[@faithkaunda7992]

Locate with your mercy Lord ❤

[@sylvesternkomo9398]

He's probably trying to delay at all cost so that they are not found alive

[@ThomasSmith-os4zc]

Could the CIA have been involved in someway?

[@frankdomingo1109]

My thoughts aswel with the rise of young African leaders...like traore and others...that fear could also be there that letting chilima ascendance could introduce policies not favourable to the west.

[@JULIUS-qe3yb]

He clearly said that he contacted his neighbouring countries

[@mphatsobonongwe8131]

Why not name them?

[@elizabethpolokamukamaambo5811]

Well spoken Sophie

[@shayrafernandeslatif9556]

The sense of agency has us malawians are not excepting,we saw everything about the news through social media,the president has left us in doubt, because Tanzania is the nearest for assistance n here in malawi we have people who have drones to do the search🎉

[@FanscioDancun]

The truth will come out

[@noeljere9978]

But he did say in his speech that he has contacted neighboring countries.

[@lizowilliam013]

where is Bushiri?

[@Vanderofkaren]

What does he have anything to do with this marete

[@Lizzie-h1k]

You are talking, why are they taking 3_4 hrs for an update??

[@chimwemwemoyo9374]

Lack of resources.

[@generalmabasamz5878]

South Africa is a confused nation too

[@Vanderofkaren]

This woman always has negative narrative against malawians. I don't know which contact she's talking about, does she have spies all over malawi

[@JonesChingaya-yf4gg]

Will understand this in due course

[@StephenJuao]

I think she is making sense, why skipping SADC and go very far for the aid?

[@michaelbakaimani]

Learning that Zambia helped what is your take Sophie

[@malawitrendingnewstv9176]

This is sad

[@HevenChiwaya]

This true why President delay to report other country to help for searching aircraft from 10 am to 4 how people can survive??

[@sinamandje87]

Malawian President thing if SADC asked for help , they will get Bushiri too!!!

[@ernestmalinga2466]

And how is Bushiri now involved? A very twisted mind

[@rakelpeneyambeko]

​@@ernestmalinga2466 he will perhaps expose the truth if something is shady 🤣🤷‍♀️.

[@khonjek125]

He asked help already and hat is this lady talking about

[@misheckbanda6918]

Correct

[@johnedougmw]

Sophie don't drive a negative narrative here the president said he reached out to the neighbors first and the development partiners you wanted him to mention south africa so you would understand that he reached out. we are in a very dificult situation as a country so save your criticism

[@Tsautsaukhosa]

She's a political analyst she speaks the mind of South African she is not a judge

[@mphatsobonongwe8131]

He should have mentioned them, but knowing our president not surprised

[@madalitsodzumbila2057]

They lost contact with the plane around 10am and the president is ordering the search around 5pm what is that???????

[@silvesternyanga4713]

Chakwera has his name written all over this fate for his fellow. Its pure Calculated assassination

[@AufiThera]

Mukuziwana nanga Muthu akatenge Ku USA sadiki ilipo sizoona km

[@tinambawa]

Ndizovuta kumvetsa

[@PrinceNaweta]

The problem u didn't understand his English , he asked sadc countries for help

[@kwadjoekaya6559]

Colonized mind?? We scream to be independent yet we want to be dependent on the west for everything. How can we be respected as a people? I completely agree with the correspondent. I think the president is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the tragedy and may not be thinking right.

[@julietbanda5203]

Sophie is not a lier, president chakwera is akiller

[@LetalaPitorious]

He made tangible speech

[@duncainjimmy]

This is why I agree with Julius Malema as Africans we don't love our self . We skipped the person who supposed to Help us so quickly

[@DivineMercy-df2pu]

Imagine sending only 7 soldiers to search for the whole VP? Chakwera never wanted Chilima to b a president .

[@SankhaniHarawaMtungambera]

This is fishy, Chakwera abutcher of Malawi😊

[@NancyNkhwazi]

If you hear his speech you will hear that first thing he ask sadc countries Angola and Zambia ...pls dont blame him You are a liar you Sophie

[@MussaHassani-zg1hm]

Yes mama she is true about what she said

[@FRANZIL1992]

Chakwera is an American pulpet

[@JonesChingaya-yf4gg]

Thus true

[@amphcommunications5423]

Yep unfortunately.

[@shariffsheriik810]

If you go to Uganda it the same.

[@chuxchyci7103]

People like to talk nonsense when tragedy like this happened,

[@petertaulo8014]

This President he is fool

[@irine8353]

😂😂😂Hi peter

[@LastonMmanga-r2u]

That's very true, mbuzi ya president

[@humbulanimulaudzi7185]

But Sophie Mokoena never grows old - she gets younger every hour

[@mphatsobonongwe8131]

They wishing he won't b found arrive some individuals

[@rodglae6657]

❤

[@josephmwale8413]

Problem with the person being interviewed is she already has a narrative to drive. Wish the best to Malawi

[@aubreybvumbwe4090]

Your right sometimes these our African president are foolish , how can wait for 4 hours to announce this , and also neighbors are around to help

[@frankdomingo1109]

Incompetence and neglect

[@jujun6465]

Foul play?

[@jujun6465]

Inkukhu zidlaladlalile lapha. Foul play

[@michaelbakaimani]

He ask for neighbours to help.

[@shariffsheriik810]

We won't for get Galang from Sudan.

[@LetalaPitorious]

Sophia wants to mislead Malawians who are following up this tragic plane crash

[@BlackFamify]

Well the Malawian president will not reach out as he knows we want one thing from Malawi. Fana Ka Bushiri Pele, re tla bolela afterwards

[@AnekeOlivier]

Unbelievable

[@tiyesikananji5127]

❤❤❤❤

[@emmaculatemenzeiwa]

Oh love what?

[@EdgarMcDonalds]

Very embarrassing

[@shariffsheriik810]

When you you go to Kenya commanders are dying in planes

[@troyheald77]

AAA+++Bedford, Texas

[@lukamu5806]

positions

[@DaoodiAlieBrown]

Malawi is a joke.

[@samzimba362]

You are a joke. Malawi is a Democratic nation with high moral values

[@mmeme5861]

Big joke

[@clivendecha8554]

more that a joke.... foolish people with foolish Mind

[@bohrmaxwelldodoma8357]

President knew very well his game

[@IsaacMusa-py2jm]

This is nosense president

[@AnthonyTitus-h4c]

Allien abduction

[@LawofGod]

African politics

[@gladysbonongwe1038]

Chakwera is a devil

[@ZuluJohn-sj6uf]

Very sad😂

[@NathanMartin-qy9oh]

😅😂sn

[@Alettimo]

It smells washington...

[@AnekeOlivier]

Unbelievable