A photograph of a K2 Airways aircraft. — K2 AIRWAYS WEBSITE
The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) mentioned late on Tuesday evening {that a} search and rescue operation was underway after an plane of K2 Airways with 5 crew members aboard was reported lacking off the coast of Karachi.
In a sequence of posts on X, the PAA mentioned a K2 Airways Boeing 737 cargo flight was en route from Sharjah to Karachi at 2118 PST when it reported a navigational system situation and was promptly guided by the Karachi Space Management Centre.
K2 Airways B 737 of Pakistan Cargo Flight enroute from Sharjah to Karachi at time 2118PST reported Navigational system situation and was promptly guided by KARACHI ACC.
— Pakistan Airports Authority (@Pk_PAA_Official) July 7, 2026
“Nonetheless, at time 2121 PST, plane was noticed on radar quickly descending and with speedy heading change, subsequently radar contact and communication was misplaced roughly 155 nautical miles west of Karachi,” the PAA mentioned.
Nonetheless; at time 2121PST plane was noticed on RADAR quickly descending and with speedy heading change, subsequently RADAR contact and communication was misplaced roughly 155 NM west of Karachi.
— Pakistan Airports Authority (@Pk_PAA_Official) July 7, 2026
It added {that a} rescue coordination centre was activated and a coordinated search and rescue operation was launched at sea by way of numerous companies to find the lacking plane, which had 5 crew members on board.
In accordance with officers, the causes of the accident can be decided after the investigation.
Following the prevalence RESCUE COORD CENTRE has been activated and coordinated Search & Rescue launched at sea by way of numerous companies to find the lacking plane.
There have been 5 crew members onboard the plane.
— Pakistan Airports Authority (@Pk_PAA_Official) July 7, 2026
An announcement from sources mentioned the Pakistan Navy’s warship PNS Zulfiqar was dispatched to the affected space within the ongoing search and rescue operation. It added {that a} Pakistan Air Pressure SAAB aircraft and a Pakistan Navy ATR aircraft had additionally taken off to be part of the search operation.
The assertion mentioned that Pakistan Nationwide Delivery Company’s industrial ship Lahore was additionally deployed for the search and rescue operation.
Flight-tracking service Flightradar mentioned that preliminary ADS-B knowledge “point out a attainable crash”.
In accordance with the flight tracker, the craft named AP-BOI is a Boeing 737-4M0(BDSF), which started service with K2 Airways in 2024.
“It started flying as a passenger plane, initially with Aeroflot in 1999, then with Garuda Indonesia in 2004. In 2012, the plane was transformed to a freighter and operated by TNT Airways, then ASL Airways,” it mentioned.
