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Missing pilot’s haunting final audio is released after plane vanished over Pakistan
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- A Boeing 737 cargo plane operated by Karachi-based K2 Airways went missing shortly after departing Sharjah, UAE, en route to Karachi, Pakistan, with five crew members on board.
- Radar data showed the aircraft rapidly descending and making a sharp turn before contact was lost approximately 155 nautical miles west of Karachi; the crew reported a navigation system issue prior to disappearance.
- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the plane crashed into the Arabian Sea and has ordered intensified search and rescue operations involving the navy, airforce, and merchant vessels.
- The aircraft, manufactured in 1999 and converted to cargo use in 2012, previously operated as a passenger plane for Aeroflot and Garuda Indonesia; the cause of the incident remains unknown.
- K2 Airways is cooperating with authorities and has expressed prayers for the safety of the crew while the search for the missing plane continues.
