737 Freighter Disappears Over Arabian Sea

Crew reported navigation difficulties before apparent crash.

Meg Godlewski

Wednesday, July 08, 2026 at 10:47 AM ET

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Zach Vasile

K2 Airways aircraft [Credit: Shutterstock - InsectWorld]

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A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400, carrying five crew members, disappeared over the Arabian Sea off Pakistan while flying from Sharjah, UAE, to Karachi.
The crew reported navigation difficulties and indicated the aircraft was "rolling or floating" before it entered a steep descent from 33,000 feet and vanished from radar.
Pakistan's Prime Minister confirmed the aircraft crashed, and civil aviation authorities and military assets have been dispatched to the area for search and rescue operations.

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Authorities in the Middle E a st are looking for a Boeing 737-400 that disappeared Tuesday over the Arabian Sea off Pakistan. The aircraft belonged to Karachi-based K2 Airways. There were five crew members on board, two pilots, two engineers, and one support staffer, according to the carrier. Their condition is not known.

The aircraft took off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and was flying to Karachi.