The Human Cost of Aging Fleets: A Cautionary Tale from Karachi The search for a missing Boeing 737 cargo plane off the coast of Karachi has brought back memories of past aviation disasters in Pakistan, where the focus remains on locating the wreckage and assessing its causes.
A 27 year old aircraft, even one converted from passenger service, is considered relatively young for a cargo plane. However, it's precisely such aging fleets that raise concerns about aviation safety.
Preliminary data suggests a chaotic final descent, with flight tracking services revealing a series of steep altitude changes and an abnormal rate of descent – over 400km/h in just minutes.