Air disaster

Air Rhodesia Flight 827

12 Feb 1979 · 16.42° S, 29.43° E

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When
12 Feb 1979
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
16.42° S, 29.43° E
Description
1979 aircraft incident in Zimbabwe
Deaths
59

Air Rhodesia Flight 827

1979 aircraft shootdown in Rhodesia

Air Rhodesia Flight 827, operated by Vickers Viscount VP-YND 'Umniati' was a scheduled civilian flight between Kariba and the capital, Salisbury, Rhodesia, that was shot down soon after takeoff on 12 February 1979 by Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrillas using a Strela 2 missile. The circumstances were very similar to the shooting down of Air Rhodesia Flight 825 five months earlier.

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