Pakistan's cargo plane goes missing near Karachi: Navigation system malfunction, 5 crew members on board, search operation underway in Arabian Sea

A Pakistan cargo plane went missing before reaching Karachi on Tuesday night. The plane was coming from Sharjah to Karachi with 5 crew members on board. According to the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA), at 9:18 pm, the pilot informed air traffic control about a glitch in the navigation system. The control room tried to guide the aircraft but lost contact after about three minutes. The plane was last tracked 155 nautical miles (287 km) west of Karachi. A massive search and rescue operation has been launched in the Arabian Sea after the plane went missing. The Pakistan Navy, Air Force and other agencies are engaged in the search operation. Officials have not yet officially confirmed the crash or any casualties. The location of the plane's disappearance... The cause of the crash is not yet known, the PAA said. There was no official information about the condition of the plane and the 5 crew members on board. According to preliminary data from Flight Radar 24, the plane first lost altitude at the last minute, then went up a little and then suddenly came down rapidly. Initial speculation is that the plane may have crashed in the Arabian Sea, though this has not yet been officially confirmed. According to local media, the plane went missing near the Ormara coast in Balochistan. Meanwhile, K2 Airways has said that it is fully cooperating with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and other government agencies in the search and search operation.