Overview
- Pakistani authorities located wreckage of a K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 in the Arabian Sea after the freighter vanished from radar following a rapid descent on Tuesday evening.
- No survivors have been reported; five crew members remain missing and recovery teams are working to retrieve remains and large wreckage pieces about 53 nautical miles south of Ormara.
- The crew reported a navigation-system problem shortly before radar and radio contact was lost and flight-tracking data show abrupt course changes and extreme descent rates inconsistent with normal operations.
- Pakistan deployed navy and air force assets including the frigate PNS Zulfiqar and commercial vessels to the search area, and officials say rough seas and distance from shore complicate recovery of recorders and debris.
- The 1999-built airframe AP-BOI was converted to a freighter and joined K2 Airways in 2024; investigators will prioritize flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders and a formal probe that could examine systems, human factors and structural failure.