ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 748D Viscount VP-YND Kariba
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Monday 12 February 1979
Time:17:06
Type:Silhouette image of generic VISC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers 748D Viscount
Operator:Air Rhodesia
Registration: VP-YND
MSN: 101
First flight: 1956
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54
Total:Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Kariba (   Zimbabwe)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kariba Airport (KAB/FVKB), Zimbabwe
Destination airport:Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe
Flightnumber: 827
Narrative:
Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount "Umniati" was hit in the jet pipe of the inner port engine by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7), burst into flames and crashed out of control into a ravine in the Vuti African Purchase Area. Responsible for the shoot down were soldiers from Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe Peoples Revolution Army (ZIPRA). They were also responsible for shooting down an Air Rhodesia Viscount September 3, 1978.

Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Loss of control

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photo of Vickers-748D-Viscount-VP-YND
accident date: 12-02-1979
type: Vickers 748D Viscount
registration: VP-YND
 

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kariba Airport to Salisbury Airport as the crow flies is 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.
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