K2 airways cargo plane goes missing over Arabian Sea off Karachi | World News
2 min readJul 8, 2026 10:30 AM A cargo plane flying from Sharjah to Karachi disappeared from the radar over the Arabian Sea, on Tuesday late in the night, Dawn reported
The K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 aircraft lost contact with the control room about 300 kilometres west of Karachi as it was approaching Pakani airspace, the report said.
The pilot had flagged a navigation problem during the flight, and asked for assance from the area control centre.
The aircraft carried five crew members, said Pakan Airports Authority (PAA).
According to there were five crew members on board the aircraft. It added that the plane reported a navigational system issue at 9:18pm and was promptly guided the Karachi Area Control Centre (ACC). However, at 9:21pm, it was observed that the aircraft was “rapidly descending” and making a sharp change in heading. Following this, “radar contact and communication were lost” approximately 287 kilometres west of Karachi.
“Preliminary ADS-B data indicate a loss of altitude, followed a climb, and then a second, sudden and dramatic loss of altitude,” flight-tracking service FlightRadar said.
The last data point from the aircraft was received when it was placed at 1,100 ft above mean sea level with a “reported vertical rate of -22,400 feet per minute”.Story continues below this ad
The aircraft experienced an issue with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) shortly after take-off, leading to a degraded navigation data near Sharjah.
