The Pakistan Aviation Authority (PAA) confirmed that the search for the crew of a cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea is ongoing.Additional wreckage of the aircraft, which disappeared from radar over the Arabian Sea off Karachi, has been located and retrieved for analysis.

The plane, a K2 Airways Boeing 737-400, was en route from Sharjah to Karachi when it vanished from radar approximately 300 kilometers west of Karachi.The pilot had reported a navigation issue and requested assistance from the area control center.Five crew members, including two pilots, two engineers, and a support staffer, were on board.After 12 hours of search and rescue operations, the wreckage was found 53 nautical miles south of Ormara port.

The PAA stated that coordinated efforts by the Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency are continuing, with aerial and sea-borne assets deployed to locate the crew.The incident highlights the challenges of deep-sea search operations and the importance of maritime safety protocols.

K2 Airways, a private airline established in 2018, is under scrutiny as investigators analyze the recovered debris to determine the cause of the crash.