Cargo Plane with 5 Aboard Goes Missing Off Pakistan’s Coast, Officials Say
Authorities launched a multi-agency sea search after the Boeing 737 reported a navigation fault and then lost contact within about 3 minutes, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo flight disappeared from radar over the Arabian Sea while en route from Sharjah to Karachi, carrying five crew members aboard.
- The pilot reported a navigational system issue at 2118 PST while approaching Pakistani airspace and received prompt guidance from the Karachi Area Control Centre before contact was lost.
- Radar data showed the aircraft "rapidly descending and with rapid heading change" at 2121 PST, with communication lost approximately 155 nautical miles west of Karachi, the Pakistan Airports Authority reported.
- Following the disappearance, the Rescue Coordination Centre activated and launched a coordinated search and rescue operation at sea involving various agencies to locate the missing aircraft.
- The Bureau of Air Safety Investigation will investigate the incident as authorities continue searching across the Arabian Sea to determine the aircraft's fate.
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A Boeing 737 is missing off the coast of the Pakistani port city of Karachi. The crew had reported a navigation problem before the contact termination.
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