A Boeing 737 plane has disappeared off the coast of Pakistan

• A cargo plane from UAE to Pakistan disappeared.

• Flight data shows the plane descended rapidly without losing contact with air traffic control.

• The Boeing plane was carrying five crew members.

A cargo plane en route from the UAE to Pakistan disappeared on Tuesday carrying five crew members on board.

airplane, one Boeing 737 The plane, labeled AP-BOI, disappeared from radar off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan, about 80 minutes into its two-hour flight from Sharjah, UAE.

The Pakistan Airports Authority said in a series of

Three minutes later, the official observed the plane “descending rapidly” before losing contact and communication with the control center.

According to data from flight tracker FlightRadar24, the plane was seen circling off the coast of Pakistan, then diving at 22,400 feet per minute and disappearing from the map. FlightRadar24 wrote in an X post that the data “possible accident “In the sea southwest of Karachi.”

In a post on Facebook early Wednesday, K2 Airways shared the names of five crew members, including a pilot, a co-pilot, a cargo captain and two engineers. The company said it was cooperating with government agencies on the investigation and continued to “earnestly pray for the safety of our colleagues.”

K2 Airways is a Karachi-based freight carrier with a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft. According to FlightRadar24, the unfortunate plane has been flying with K2 Airways since 2024. Before that, it was a passenger aircraft belonging to Aeroflot and Garuda Indonesia, and a cargo aircraft belonging to TNT Airways and ASL Airlines.

Representatives for K2 Airways and the Pakistan Airports Authority did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.

Pakistan has witnessed some severe plane crashes in the last twenty years. In 2020, an Airbus A320 operated by Pakistan International Airlines crashed near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, killing all 98 people on board.

in 2019 Pakistan Army military aircraft The plane crashed into the city of Rawalpindi in the north of the country, killing five crew members and 13 civilians on the ground.

And in 2010, an Airblue flight crashed north of the capital Islamabad, killing more than 150 people on board.

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