On 14th January, 2021, an Embraer (EMB) 145 LR aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BVD, operated by Air Peace Limited, was scheduled for a four sectored passenger flights (Lagos-Owerri-Lagos and Lagos-Kaduna-Lagos) operated by the same crew.
At 10:27 h, 5N-BVD departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos (DNMM) for Kaduna airport (DNKA) for the third sector of the day as flight APK7376 on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan with 53 persons on board (49 passengers and four crew) and fuel endurance of three hours. The Co-Pilot was the Pilot Flying (PF), while the Pilot was the Pilot Monitoring (PM).