O-Score proof

Malawi's inquiry into the crash that killed Vice-President Chilima erupts as a witness withdraws his claim to have found the wreck

10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets by our publish date · See proof →

Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.

Status history (2 events, ET)

5:15 AM ET, Nov 3, 2026 O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
5:40 AM ET, Nov 3, 2026 Published

The math

Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.

Score	Meaning	Major U.S. outlets that covered it
10	Fully overlooked ← this story	0 of 13 outlets
8	Barely covered	1 outlet
6, 5	Lightly covered	2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5)
4, 3	Covered	4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3)
2, 1, 0	Widely covered	6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0)

Provisional: Google News (5 term variants for AP, Reuters and The Washington Post; 3 for the others) and Bing News (5 variants, outlet domain only) were both used. AP, Reuters and CBS News block direct site search, and the other 10 outlets’ site search only loads in a live browser. A single search engine can miss articles, so this score may go down on recheck.

Checked Nov 3, 2026, 5:15 AM ET · search window: 40 days back from the check.

Every outlet

Outlet	Result	Searches run
AP apnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" google-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Chikangawa crash" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Protesters against illegal immigration in South Africa call for more deportations - AP News 2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crash Spain’s latest deadly train crash puts human error and systemic failure under scrutiny Grandmother, daughters and grandson among 6 victims who died in a Wisconsin plane crash Own site search: HTTP 403 (could not use)
Reuters reuters.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" google-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Chikangawa crash" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Congo military plane crash kills 13, including three officers, official says Malawi motorists sleep at petrol stations as fuel shortages return Own site search: HTTP 401 (could not use)
The New York Times nytimes.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 6 Dead in Wisconsin Plane Crash 3 Dead in Medical Helicopter Crash Near California Coast Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Washington Post washingtonpost.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" google-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Chikangawa crash" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Wall Street Journal wsj.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Pilot-on-Pilot Stabbing Forces Emergency Landing of Israel-Bound Plane Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CNN cnn.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Spain train crash kills at least 68 as witnesses describe devastating scenes What caused the deadly train crash in Spain? What we know so far Divers find body of person missing from California helicopter crash that killed 2 others Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Fox News foxnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Skydivers watch plane vanish from sight, make split-second decision to jump Florida student killed in rollover school bus crash Investigators zero in on possible cause of Wisconsin plane crash that killed 6 Polish president turns plane around after 'coup' at nation’s top court Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NBC News nbcnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Spain train crash kills at least 68 in second major collision this year Florida school bus crash kills two, including 10th grade student Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CBS News cbsnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 7 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 3 killed in small plane crash on Colorado's Western Slope Small plane crashes on Colorado's Western Slope 2 hospitalized after small plane crash in Bolingbrook, Illinois Driver who died in Havertown, Pennsylvania, crash had license revoked for medical reasons, police say 2 injured, 1 airlifted from I-65 after crash involving semi truck in Merrillville, Indiana Judge opens inquiry into whether Trump officials misled court in D.C. golf course case Triton Regional High School senior killed in latest wrong-way crash on Route 1 in Massachusetts Own site search: HTTP 406 (could not use)
ABC News abcnews.go.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NPR npr.org	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
USA Today usatoday.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 2 dead, including student, in Florida school bus crash Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Bloomberg bloomberg.com	Not found	google-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" google-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" google-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Chilima plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Malawi Chilima crash committee" bing-news:"Lwara Chilima" bing-news:"Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry" bing-news:"Chikangawa crash" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)

Pickups

We published: Nov 3, 2026 (ET).

No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.

Check history

Checked (ET)	Check	O-Score	Confirmed outlets	What changed
Nov 3, 2026, 5:15 AM ET	initial	10 Fully overlooked	0	No change

Search terms

“Chilima plane crash inquiry”, “Malawi Chilima crash committee”, “Lwara Chilima”, “Malawi parliament plane crash inquiry”, “Chikangawa crash”

Method

bing-news site: (5 term variants per outlet)
google-news site: tried once per outlet; partly available
direct open of every possible match on the outlet’s site
extra Bing News headline searches for wire copies on other outlets
editor read of every candidate headline

A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.