Report on accident involving ADC’s Flight 086 Boeing 727, 5N-BBG

ADK 086 departed Port-Harcourt Airport for Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at 1552 UTC on 7th November, 1997 with a total of 144 persons on board. The trainee co-pilot was at the controls and the Captain was on the radio. It was cleared by Port-Harcourt Air Traffic Control to Flight level 240 (24,000 feet above mean sea level), which it climbed to and cruised.