Pilot’s haunting last words before Boeing 737 vanished over Arabian Sea | World | News

The last words of the pilot of the Boeing 737 plane that mysteriously disappeared over the Arabian Sea were revealed during a frantic search operation to locate the crew of the crashed plane.

Air traffic control lost all communication with the cargo plane, believed to have at least five people on board, shortly before it crashed off the coast of Pakistan on Tuesday.

Civilian and naval search teams off the coast of Pakistan located and recovered the wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi.

The last reported transmission from the pilot indicates that he may have been struggling to keep the aircraft under control, and PNS describes Zulfiqar as “rolling or floating”; This statement is interpreted by experts as a sign that something is seriously wrong with the flight system.

The term roll is used among pilots to describe the tilting of an aircraft from side to side. Although rolling during turns is often intentional, an uncontrolled roll can signal a serious problem such as flight control failure, severe turbulence, structural damage, or asymmetric lift and engine difficulties.

According to reports, the term float is typically associated with landing and refers to pilots remaining airborne above the runway rather than landing due to excessive speed or ground effect effects. In the Daily Star.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the Boeing 737 was being operated by Karachi-based K2 Airways on a cargo flight from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to Karachi when it reported a malfunction in the navigation system at 21:18 local time. “K2 Airways B 737 of Pakistan Cargo Flight from Sharjah to Karachi reported Navigation system issue and was immediately diverted by KARACHI ACC,” Pakistan Airport Authority said in a statement. he said.

The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that radar information showed that the aircraft rapidly lost altitude and made a sudden change of direction at approximately 21.21, before both radar and radio communications were lost 155 nautical miles west of Karachi.

Information from flight tracking platform Flightradar24 showed that the plane first dropped in altitude, then momentarily gained altitude and then experienced another serious descent.

According to the Reuters news agency, the latest data transmitted placed the plane at 3,100 feet above sea level and with a vertical speed of minus 22,400 feet per minute. This indicates an extremely rapid and unusual rate of descent.

The plane is believed to have entered a catastrophic decline of 35,000 feet in less than two minutes, according to tracking information. A major operation is currently underway as naval and air forces begin urgent searches to find the crew of the downed cargo plane.

The plane is among Boeing’s decades-old 737s. The 737-400 was first delivered to Aeroflot in Russia as a passenger aircraft in 1999, but was converted to a freighter in 2012.

It is K2 Airways’ only aircraft and began operations with the carrier in 2024. K2 Airways is a private Pakistani cargo carrier based at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

Founded in 2017, the airline operated both scheduled and charter freight routes, primarily connecting domestic terminals and regional international destinations.