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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Bernadette B. Tixon

K2 Airways Cargo Plane Vanishes Over Arabian Sea After Sudden 22,400ft-a-Minute Descent

K2 Airways Boeing 737 vanishes from radar over Arabian Sea after reporting navigation fault. (Credit: Busalpa Ernest/Pexels)

A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft flying from Sharjah to Karachi was reported missing over the Arabian Sea late on Tuesday, according to the Pakistan Airports Authority and the Aviation Safety Network. The aircraft was last recorded 155 nautical miles off Karachi after reporting a navigation problem, PAA said.

The aircraft, operating as flight KTA1732 and registered AP-BOI, was carrying five crew members. It had reported a navigation system fault to air traffic controllers shortly before contact was lost, the PAA said in a statement.

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