Early evening on 7th November 1996, Aviation Development Company’s Flight 086 a Boeing 727231 was en route from Port Harcourt Airport to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. After establishing contact with Lagos radar, the aircraft was cleared to descend to flight level 50 (5000 feet above mean sea level) and instructed to maintain a heading of 300. The flight then reported “traffic” and that it was continuing its right turn to heading 330 for traffic avoidance.

This was the last transmission the aircraft made, shortly after, the aircraft disappeared from the radar scope. It was not until 24 hours later that the wreckage of flight ADK086 was found in the Lagos Lagoon. There were no survivors, very few eyewitness reports, and the crash site hinted at such a great impact as there was no large pieces of the aircraft remaining.

So what exactly happened to bring this Boeing 727 aircraft with 144 people on board out of the sky?

That’s what we’re going to find out today...



Final Report: https://aib.gov.ng/wpcontent/uploads...

** ADC airlines flight 086 is referred to as ADK086 during this video, as that was its call sign.