Boeing 737 Loses Radar Contact Over Pakistan: Final ATC Audio Released

On July 7, 2026, K2 Airways cargo flight KTA1732, a Boeing 737-400 registered AP-BOI, departed Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for Karachi, Pakistan. Five crew members were aboard.

The flight proceeded normally until about 16:18 UTC, when the crew reported a navigation-related problem to Karachi Area Control Centre. The pilots requested radar vectors and navigational assistance.

The aircraft's track then became unstable. Available flight-tracking data showed the Boeing descending, climbing briefly to about Flight Level 370 and then entering another rapid descent. The final portion of the flight included an extremely high descent rate, reported in the available reconstruction at between about 13,000 and 22,000 feet per minute.

At approximately 16:22 UTC, the aircraft impacted the Arabian Sea. Karachi controllers repeatedly attempted to contact KTA1732 after communication was lost and asked other aircraft to relay calls. Those attempts were unsuccessful.

Search-and-rescue forces were mobilized, and wreckage was located roughly 53 miles south of Ormara. All five crew members were killed.

The cause remained under official investigation. The navigation problem reported by the crew is therefore an important part of the sequence, but it should not be turned into a final causal finding without the completed investigation.

The flight's final data is notable because of the rapid changes in altitude and ground speed. The aircraft did not simply descend continuously from cruise; it first changed altitude and then entered a much steeper final descent. That sequence is consistent with a severe in-flight emergency, but the underlying reason for the loss of control remained unresolved in the available material.

For the crew and controllers, the critical window lasted only a few minutes. A routine cargo flight changed into a navigation emergency, then into an unstable flight path, and finally into a loss of radar and radio contact over the sea.

Accident Facts

Sources

AirlineRatings, July 7, 2026 — https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/k2-airways-boeing-737-vanishes-off-pakistan

the associated record — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRalIZj37AY