Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Datum: | zondag 3 september 1978 |
Tijd: | 17:30 |
Type: | Vickers 782D Viscount |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Air Rhodesia |
Registratie: | VP-WAS |
Constructienummer: | 297 |
Bouwjaar: | 1958-03-04 (20 years 6 months) |
Motoren: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 34 / inzittenden: 52 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 38 / inzittenden: 56 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Whamira Hills ( Zimbabwe)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Kariba Airport (KAB/FVKB), Zimbabwe |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe |
Vluchtnummer: | RH825 |
Beschrijving:An Air Rhodesia Viscount, named "Hunyani", took off from Kariba Airport at 17:10. Shortly after departing Kariba, the starboard wing was hit by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). An emergency descent was carried out and the crew tried to make an emergency landing in a large clearing in the bush. The aircraft crash-landed, striking an irrigation ditch, cart-wheeled, broke up and caught fire. Fighters from the Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), also responsible for shooting down the airliner, later killed 10 of the 18 survivors. The rest of the survivors were rescued the next day.
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accident date:
03-09-1978type: Vickers 782D Viscount
registration: VP-WAS
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Kariba Airport en Salisbury Airport bedraagt 281 km (176 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.