Pakistan, July 8 -- A cargo aircraft has gone missing approximately 300 nautical miles from Karachi after losing contact during a flight over the sea near Ormara in Balochistan, aviation sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the aircraft, operated by a Pakistani cargo company, disappeared while flying near Ormara. They added that contact with the aircraft was lost at 9:32pm. According to Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) sources, the cargo flight was travelling from Sharjah to Karachi when communication with the aircraft was interrupted. The PAA sources added a search operation has been launched to locate the missing aircraft following the loss of contact.

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