Pakistani authorities launched a frantic search after a Boeing 737 cargo plane carrying five crew members vanished over the Arabian Sea while flying from the United Arab Emirates to Karachi.
The aircraft, operated by K2 Airways, disappeared Tuesday evening after reporting a navigation system problem, officials said.
K2 Airways Flight 1732 had departed Sharjah earlier in the day and was headed for Karachi when contact was lost around 9:21 p.m. local time.
Radar and radio contact were lost roughly 155 nautical miles west of Karachi, according to officials.
Just minutes before disappearing, the crew reported a “navigation system problem.”
Radar data later showed the aircraft rapidly descending before contact was lost.
On Wednesday, officials said wreckage had been recovered 53 nautical miles south of Ormara, but no crew members had been found.
The plane was a roughly 27-year-old Boeing 737-400 freighter, registration AP-BOI, according to aviation databases Airfleets.net and Planespotters.net.
It was K2 Airways’ only aircraft.
Pakistani officials said military and civilian authorities were activated after the disappearance, with search-and-rescue operations launched across the Arabian Sea.
The Pakistan navy diverted the PNS Zulfiqar, a frigate, to the area.
Pakistan’s Search & Rescue operations have successfully located and identified wreckage of K2 Airways Flight 1732 which was declared missing last night. The wreckage was recovered from 53 NM South of Ormara.
Various air & sea borne assets were employed by PN & PMSA to locate the… pic.twitter.com/NZRrUlVVEL
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The Pakistan air force also deployed aircraft to assist in the search.
A Pakistan navy ATR aircraft departed from Turbat, about 270 miles west of Karachi, as part of the operation.
Aviation expert Imran Aslam told local outlet ARY News that the plane’s rapid descent was unusual.
He noted that even if an aircraft suffers an engine failure, it would typically continue gliding rather than drop so abruptly.
“I still cannot understand how the plane went down so abruptly instead of gliding.”
“I still cannot understand how the plane went down so abruptly instead of gliding,” he said, per the AP.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.
K2 Airways’ website says the airline was established in 2018.
Its inaugural Boeing 737-400SF aircraft arrived in Karachi on July 1, 2024.
The airline says its purpose is to “connect businesses by providing safe, efficient, and innovative air cargo,” according to its website.
“We aim to expand our fleet and operations, further solidifying our position as a leader in Pakistan’s aviation,” says the site.
The disappearance has raised fresh questions about aviation safety in the region as investigators work to determine what caused the freighter to fall from the sky.
For now, rescue crews are searching the Arabian Sea for the missing crew members while authorities piece together the plane’s final moments.
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