Families and friends of the 144 passengers who lost their souls at Ejirin area of Lagos on board a flight operated by ADC airlines are set to hold the 25th memorial service anniversary for the deceased.
A statement made available to African Business Travel News (ABTN) by some of the family members and friends of the victims, said that the memorial service would hold on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at the cenotaph by the Itoikin bridge along the Ikorodu – Epe highway.
According to the statement the cenotaph would be open from 7am. till 5 pm on Sunday for those who wanted to visit, have a quiet moment, light a candle, or lay a wreath and flowers.
It would be recalled that the flight 086 was en route to Lagos airport at flight level (FL) 240 (approximately 24,000 ft (7,300 m) altitude with 144 souls onboard when the crash occurred.
The accident involving a Boeing 727 aircraft happened on November 7, 1996 when the pilot lost control after taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision.
Investigation by then Accident and Incident Prevention Bureau (AIPB) revealed that the plane crash occurred due to Air Traffic Controller (ATC) error.
The Lagos Air Traffic Controller had cleared the crew of flight 086 to descend, but erroneously thought that he had earlier cleared Flight 086 to descend to 10,000 ft (3,000 m) and that it was below the Triax aircraft.
The descent from FL240 caused Flight 086 to conflict with the Triax flight at FL160.
