Middle East Airlines, Turkish Airlines interim-statement accident MDEA/2020/07/29/INTR/02

At 17:14 h, MEA572 contacted ATC for departure clearance from the international wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to Beruit Rafic Hariri International Airport (OLBA), Lebanon with 245 persons on board inclusive of 16 flight crew members. The request was to confirm ATC had the flight plan and clearance for FL390 routing via UB731 and exit point “NASTO”, which ATC granted.