On 15th June 2022, an ATR 42-320 with nationality and registration marks 5N-BRQ operated by Overland Airways Limited departed Ilorin airport (DNIL) on a scheduled passenger flight number OLA1188 to Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos (DNMM) on Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan. The incident flight was the eighth sector of the day operated by the same crew. Onboard were 37 persons, including two (2)-flight crew, a cabin crew and an engineer. The endurance was three hours. The Pilot was pilot monitoring (PM) while the Co-pilot was the pilot flying (PF).
At 18:54 h, OLA1188 was given STARTUP clearance by Ilorin Air Traffic Control (ATC).
At 19:07 h, OLA1188 was airborne and estimated Lagos at 19:44 h.
At 19:16 h, OLA1188 established two-way communication with Area Control Centre Lagos on 127.3 MHz and was instructed to continue with Lagos Approach.
