A day after a cargo aircraft disappeared over the Arabian Sea, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) on Wednesday said the Pakistan Navy (PN) and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) had located and identified the wreckage of the K2 Airways Boeing 737 following a 12-hour search and rescue operation in deep waters.
According to the PAA, naval ships and aircraft remain deployed in the area to continue rescue and recovery efforts.
Search teams are working to locate the five crew members who were on board and collect evidence to determine the cause of the crash.
PN and PMSA after 12 hours of Search & Rescue operations in deep Sea have successfully located and identified wreckage of K2 Airways Cargo B737 which was declared missing last night. The wreckage was recovered from 53 NM South of ORMARA. pic.twitter.com/0dZpj8s7u3
— Pakistan Airports Authority (@Pk_PAA_Official) July 8, 2026
Flight tracking data showed that the aircraft, operating as flight TA1732 from Sharjah, had been cruising normally at an altitude of 35,000 feet and a speed of about 790 kilometers per hour before making an abrupt U-turn and entering a rapid descent under unexplained circumstances.
The PAA had earlier said the privately operated cargo aircraft lost contact with air traffic control around 155 nautical miles west of Karachi before it was reported missing.
