Criminal Occurrence
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Zwischenbericht |
| Datum: | 12 FEB 1979 |
| Zeit: | 17:06 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers 748D Viscount |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Air Rhodesia |
| Kennzeichen: | VP-YND |
| Werknummer: | 101 |
| Baujahr: | 1956 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 54 / Insassen: 54 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 59 / Insassen: 59 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | nahe Kariba (Zimbabwe)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Kariba Airport (KAB/FVKB), Zimbabwe |
| Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe | |
| Flugnummer: | 827 |
Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount "Umniati" was hit in the jet pipe of the inner port engine by a SAM-7 missile, 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.
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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).
Distance from Kariba Airport to Salisbury Airport as the crow flies is 281 km (176 miles).
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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