Overview
- The freighter reported a navigation‑system problem to Karachi air traffic control and then made a sharp heading change before a rapid descent and loss of contact late Tuesday night.
- Search teams located and recovered wreckage about 53 nautical miles south of Ormara in the Arabian Sea but have not found the five crew members and no survivors have been confirmed.
- Preliminary flight‑tracking data from Flightradar24 shows dramatic altitude swings—a brief climb followed by a near‑vertical descent—with a final recorded descent rate near 22,400 feet per minute.
- The aircraft was a 27‑year‑old Boeing 737‑400 freighter, registration AP‑BOI, converted from passenger service and operated by K2 Airways under lease; investigators named the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation to lead the inquiry.
- Rough monsoon seas have complicated search efforts, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an intensified response, and investigators will closely review maintenance, conversion and ATC records to determine next steps.