How pilot's order made jet lose door mid-flight – NSIB report reveals

The contemporary particulars are contained within the preliminary findings launched on Thursday by the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, on the October 2026 incident involving the Triton Aviation plane.

The jet, a Challenger 604 marked T7-SEI, was working flight DWC052 from Abuja to Lagos when the scare occurred. The crew needed to flip again and return to Abuja after the door got here off.

The Bureau stated bother began shortly after take-off, whereas the plane was nonetheless climbing. The pilot monitoring the flight observed that the cabin altitude was climbing too quick, at about 4,000 ft each minute.

That uncommon rise made the captain suspect that the principle door could not have been totally shut.

At precisely 17:19:07, the captain instructed the cabin crew member to go and test the door once more, as a result of the cabin altitude was rising greater than regular.

But because the crew member moved nearer to the door to examine it, the door all of the sudden burst open and separated from the airplane within the air.

The report stated the captain shortly took over flying the plane, whereas the First Officer took over the obligation of monitoring the flight.

About one minute later, at 17:19:20, the crew declared an emergency on radio, sending out the misery name 3 times: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

The crew additionally instructed Abuja Radar Control that the door of the plane was open.

Abuja Radar Control replied at 17:19:51, saying, “Door opened copied, MAYDAY copied, confirm able to turn right now.”

The jet later landed again in Abuja. The door was later present in an Abuja farmland by farmers.