Air Peace Limited interim-statement accident AIRPEACE/2019/11/05/INTR/02

On 5th November 2019, at about 07:35 h, a Boeing 737-500 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUJ departed Lagos for Owerri with 84 persons on board and six (6) crew members, as APK7004. The Co-pilot was the Pilot Flying (PF) and the Captain was the Pilot Monitoring (PM). The flight operated on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan. At 07:40:16 h, the aircraft was in contact with the Lagos Area Control centre (ACC) which cleared it to climb to FL310 and proceed direct to ARAGU.