Flight tracker shows the eerie moment plane vanishes into the ocean | News World

An urgent search has been launched after a plane with five people on board disappeared over the Arabian Sea.

The alarm was raised yesterday evening after the K2 Airways cargo plane vanished from radar while flying off the coast of Pakistan carrying five crew.

The Boeing 737 had taken off from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, sure for the port city of Karachi, when something caused the plane to descend rapidly.

Plane tracking website Flightradar24 said the aircraft lost altitude, then climbed again before a second ‘dramatic’ lack of altitude.

The flight KTA1732 last pinged on radar at 16:21 UTC.

Aircraft in the realm, including the K2 plane, experienced GPS interference in the realm, Flightradar said. GPS jamming will be brought on by intentional and atmospheric conditions, and it will not be known what could have triggered the interference.

The carrier said in a press release: ‘K2 Airways is fully cooperating with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and other government agencies.

‘We proceed to wish, earnestly, for the security of our colleagues.’

K2 Airways was established in 2018 in Pakistan.

It operates to 4 destinations in Asia and the Middle East using its one Boeing 737, which is now missing.

It began operating the 27-year-old plane in 2024.

Pakistan’s aviation has been hit by deadly crashes in recent times.

In May 2020, a Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 from Lahore to Karachi crashed on approach to the airport, killing 97 people on board and one person on the bottom.

Two people survived the tragedy, which has been blamed on an engine failure.

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