Pakistani rescuers scour waters for cargo plane missing off Karachi coast

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Pakistani rescuers scour waters for cargo plane missing off Karachi coast

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Pakistani rescuers are searching waters off the Karachi coast for a missing Boeing cargo plane carrying five crew members. The plane lost contact after reporting a navigational problem, and the Pakistani Prime Minister has ordered expedited search and rescue operations.

ISLAMABAD, July 8 (Reuters) - Pakistani rescuers scoured the waters around the presumed crash site of a Boeing cargo plane on Wednesday, hours after it lost contact with air traffic control on its way to Karachi with five crew members on board, Pakistan authorities said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to speed up search and rescue operations for the 27-year-old converted freighter, which went missing in the Arabian Sea after reporting a navigational system problem.

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