A K2 Airways Boeing 737 Freighter has presumed to have crashed in the Arabian Sea to the southwest of Karachi.
Information is limited surrounding the incident currently.
Below is what we know on this so far…
K2 Airways Flight KTA1732 – Karachi-bound?
K2 Airways flight KTA1732 departed from Sharjah, presumably bound for Karachi, based on previous flight data.
Furthermore, it is AP-BOI that is understood to have been involved in the accident.
As per data from Planespotters.net, AP-BOI is a 27.5 year old Boeing 737-400 that started out life with Aeroflot back in April 1999.
In July 2004, it was handed over to Garuda Indonesia, before being sent to lessor GECAS in October 2011.
TNT Airways of Belgium took on the aircraft in June 2012, before being sent to ASL Airlines Belgium in May 2016.
From there, ASL then operated the aircraft for TNT Express before being sent to FedEx in August 2017.
By April 2024, the aircraft was sent to lessor AerCap, before being sent to K2 Airways in October 2024.
Data from Flightradar24 indicates that the aircraft departed from Sharjah at just after 1500 UTC today and tracked east towards Karachi.
To the south-west of the Pakistan-based city, the aircraft appeared to have made a massive ascent before losing speed, and looks to have stalled out of the sky based on preliminary data from the flight tracking app.
Furthermore, the last element of tracking information shows the aircraft at 1,100 feet at 114 knots ground speed with a vertical speed of -22,400 feet per minute.
Aircraft Presumed Crashed Currently…
At this stage, the aircraft has been presumed to have crashed, with no additional ADS-B coverage tracking the aircraft.
This remains a developing story.
As soon as we have more information, we will update you accordingly.
Updates…
UPDATE #1 @ 2117 UK time – The Pakistan Airports Authority has released some communication on X following the accident involving this flight:
“K2 Airways B 737 of Pakistan Cargo Flight enroute from Sharjah to Karachi at time 2118PST reported Navigational system issue and was promptly guided by KARACHI ACC.”
“However; at time 2121PST aircraft was observed on RADAR rapidly descending and with rapid heading change, subsequently RADAR contact and communication was lost approximately 155 NM west of Karachi.”
“Following the occurrence RESCUE COORD CENTRE has been activated and coordinated Search & Rescue launched at sea through various agencies to locate the missing aircraft. There were five crew members onboard the aircraft.”
UPDATE #2 @ 2133 UK time – Someone has got a photo of the aircraft when it first landed in Karachi for storage back in July 2024.
It would enter commercial service in the October of that year.
UPDATE #3 @ 2147 UK time – It is unclear when and if a statement from K2 Airways will come following this presumed accident.
UPDATE #3 @ 2155 UK time – Pretty substantial update regarding assets being launched to look for the aircraft.
UPDATE #4 @ 2201 UK time – Full ADS-B track of the flight from departure to the last recorded signal.
UPDATE #5 @ 2209 UK time – So what do we know up to now?:
- K2 Airways flight KTA1732, operated by AP-BOI, is a routine cargo flight between Sharjah and Karachi.
- AP-BOI is a 27.5 year old Boeing 737-4M0(BDSF) – aircraft delivered to K2 back in October 2024.
- Early reports indicating that the flight had a navigation failure, as was supposedly reported to air traffic control.
- Last known track of the aircraft was at 1,100 feet at 114 kts ground speed descending at over -22,000 feet per minute.
- Naval assets have been deployed to the last tracking point to find wreckage.
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