- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 21, 2002
Time: 1930
Location: Near Calabar, Nigeria
Operator: Sky Executive Air Services
Flight #: ?
Route: Port Harcourt - Calabar
AC Type: LET 410UVP
Registration: 9Q-CEX
cn / ln: 851402
Aboard: 5   (passengers:0  crew:5)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:0  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed approximately 12 miles from Calabar while attempting to land. All passengers departed at Port Harcourt and only a crew of 5 was aboard. The premature departure of the plane from the normal minimum safe altitude of 2,500 ft. without air traffic controller's clearance until it flew into the terrain. Other contributing factors were the emergence of electrical problem on the aircraft at the commencement of the approach which might have distracted the pilot and unfavorable weather conditions of low ceiling and thunderstorms which impaired visibility at the critical time of descent.
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