Who was on board the K2 Airways cargo jet that went missing near Karachi?
KARACHI – A cargo flight from Sharjah to Karachi turned into a growing mystery on Tuesday night when the K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 suddenly lost contact with air traffic control. As search teams raced to find the missing plane near Karachi, attention turned to the five crew members on board, the professionals who were at the center of the flight and are now the center of hopes and prayers across the country.
K2 Airways has identified the five crew members on board its missing Boeing 737-400 cargo plane as an extensive search and rescue operation was underway after the plane went missing en route from Sharjah to Karachi.
The cargo plane lost contact with Air Traffic Control at around 9:21 PST due to a malfunction in the navigation system while arriving in Karachi. The missing crew include Captain Muhammad Rizwan Idris who was the pilot in command, First Officer Faisal Mehmood, Load Master Muhammad Taufiq Khan, Engineer Arif Siddiqui and Engineer Muhammad Hamid.
In a statement, K2 Airways released the names and photos of the crew, saying it was in close coordination with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and other government agencies involved in the ongoing search. The airline said it continued to pray for the safe recovery of its colleagues as rescue teams worked to determine the plane’s whereabouts.
The disappearance of the freighter has triggered a massive search operation involving multiple agencies. After reports that the plane crashed in the Arabian Sea, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force and other authorities have been mobilized to search the suspected area.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif expressed grief over the incident and expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the families of the 5 crew members. He directed the Civil Aviation Authority, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force to intensify the search mission, directing the authorities to deploy all available resources to search for the missing aircraft and its occupants.
The Boeing 737-400, operated by Karachi-based private cargo carrier K2 Airways, was flying from Sharjah to Karachi when it encountered difficulties during the final leg of its journey. According to PCAA, the crew alerted air traffic controllers to a navigation system problem shortly before all communications with the aircraft were lost.
Adding to the mystery, preliminary data from flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 shows that the plane experienced significant fluctuations in altitude moments before it disappeared from radar, a sequence that is expected to be a key part of the investigation.
Established in 2018, K2 Airways operates cargo services from Karachi. As uncertainty surrounds the fate of the plane, authorities continue their search while anxious family members await updates, hoping for a breakthrough in one of Pakistan’s worst aviation incidents in recent years.
The cargo plane crashed in the Arabian Sea after losing contact near Karachi.
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