A rescue operation for a plane that has crash landed into lake Malawi is currently underway in Nkhota-Kota.
Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu says the privately owned plane C10 registration number 7QPFU, flown by a Zimbabwean National Fungayi Muchakwari left Nkhota-Kota for Makhanga in Liwonde.
The plane had two passengers, a man and a woman, who are Dutch nationals.
The female passenger was rescued by fishers who were along the shores of the lake around a place called Benga.
The cause of the crash is not yet established.