Arik Air Limited preliminary-report serious-incident Preliminary
On 11 February, 2026, a Boeing 737-700 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-MJF, operated by Arik Air Limited was on a scheduled passenger flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (DNMM), Lagos, to Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo International Airport (DNPO), Port Harcourt.
The captain stated that flight operations started at 05:30 h.
The captain further stated that the preflight preparations, flight crew briefing and passenger boarding, were normal.
At 07:10:59 h, Tower passed the following departure clearance to the Aircraft: “ARIK SEVEN FOUR ZERO CLEARED PORT HARCOURT UPPER ROMEO NINE EIGHT FOUR FLIGHT LEVEL TWO NINE ZERO SQUAWK ZERO FIVE ONE FOUR.”
At 07:24 h, the aircraft was airborne as ARA740 on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan with seven (7) crew members and eighty (80) passengers on board and fuel endurance of 2 hours 40 minutes.
