Funeral prayers in absentia held in Karachi for engineer of crashed cargo plane
A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft, en route from Sharjah to Karachi, had crashed in the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres west of Karachi. Rescuers found the wreckage in a deep-sea search operation. Five crew members, including two pilots, two engineers, and one support staffer, were on board the aircraft, and their bodies have still not been found.
- ▪A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft, en route from Sharjah to Karachi, had crashed in the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres west of Karachi.
- ▪Rescuers found the wreckage in a deep-sea search operation.
- ▪Five crew members, including two pilots, two engineers, and one support staffer, were on board the aircraft, and their bodies have still not been found.
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Funeral prayers in absentia held in Karachi for engineer of crashed cargo plane Dawn Report Published July 13, 2026 Updated July 13, 2026 08:05am 0 A son of flight engineer Muhammad Arif Siddiqui is comforted by relatives during the funeral prayer in absentia on Sunday.—Reuters comments Join our Whatsapp Channel Add Dawn as a trusted source KARACHI: The funeral prayers in absentia for flight engineer Muhammad Arif Siddiqui, one of the five crew members of a cargo plane that crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 7, were offered near his residence in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Sunday. A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft, en route from Sharjah to Karachi, had crashed in the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres west of Karachi. Rescuers found the wreckage in a deep-sea search operation.
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