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Pakistan located the wreckage of a Boeing cargo plane yesterday, the country’s airports authority said, adding that rescuers were searching for five crew on board when the aircraft had gone missing.The plane was approaching Karachi from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates when radar showed it “rapidly descending” Tuesday evening after reporting a “navigational system issue”, according to the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA).Pakistan’s navy and maritime rescue agency, after searching for 12 hours, “successfully located and identified wreckage of K2 Airways Cargo B737 which was declared missing last night”, the PAA said in a statement posted on X. The wreckage was found in the Arabian Sea, off Ormara town on Pakistan’s southern coast, it said.“Efforts are underway to find the missing crew members,” the PAA added. The authority published images of personnel lifting pieces of the fuselage from a small boat onto a larger vessel and the red and white debris with the words “K2 Air” laid out on the ship’s deck.In a statement issued before the plane wreckage was found, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed “deep sorrow, grief, and regret over the tragic incident”.A source familiar with the matter told AFP that both navy and merchant vessels were taking part in the search efforts, supported by military aircraft.The aircraft was observed on radar at 21:21 pm (1621 GMT) on Tuesday “rapidly descending and with rapid heading change”, and communication contact was lost about 155 nautical miles west of Karachi, the PAA said.Preliminary data sent from the plane “indicated a loss of altitude, followed by a climb, and then a second, sudden and dramatic loss of altitude”, according to Flightradar24.com, a global flight-tracking service. 

Pakistani authorities have launched a search and rescue operation after a Boeing 737 cargo aircraft carrying five crew members lost contact with air traffic control off the coast of Karachi following a reported navigation system malfunction.The Pakistan Airports Authority said the aircraft, operated by K2 Airways, was en route to Karachi when it reported a navigation system problem late Tuesday before communications with air traffic controllers were lost. Preliminary flight-tracking data indicated the aircraft made erratic altitude changes before disappearing from radar over the Arabian Sea, raising fears it may have crashed into the water.Authorities have mobilized a multi-agency search and rescue operation in the Sea to locate the missing aircraft and its crew.As part of the operation, the Pakistan Navy has deployed the frigate PNS Zulfiqar, while the Pakistan Air Force is assisting with aerial search missions. Merchant vessels in the area have also been directed to support the search efforts.The cause of the aircraft's disappearance has not been determined, and authorities said the search operation remains ongoing. 

At least three people were killed, and 11 others were injured when a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. The US Federal Aviation Administration explained that the aircraft, an MD-11 model, crashed after taking off from Louisville en route to Honolulu, noting that the aircraft was carrying three crew members.Emergency services in Louisville reported that they issued an order to stay indoors within a five-mile radius of the airport, due to fires breaking out in industrial buildings adjacent to the crash site and the closure of several roads, while local reports indicated the formation of a large fire and the rising of thick columns of smoke.The airspace at Louisville airport was temporarily closed following the incident, amid expectations of impacts on cargo operations, given that the airport houses UPS's Worldport Center, the company's largest parcel processing facility.