
Détails:
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.
accident date: 12-02-1979
type: Vickers 748D Viscount
registration: VP-YND
| Statuts: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | lundi 12 février 1979 |
| Heure: | 17:06 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Vickers 748D Viscount |
| Compagnie: | Air Rhodesia |
| Immatriculation: | VP-YND |
| Numéro de série: | 101 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1956 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / Ã bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 54 / Ã bord: 54 |
| Total: | victimes: 59 / Ã bord: 59 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Kariba ( Zimbabwe)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Kariba Airport (KAB/FVKB), Zimbabwe |
| Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe | |
| Numéro de vol: | 827 |
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.
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accident date: 12-02-1979
type: Vickers 748D Viscount
registration: VP-YND
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Kariba Airport et Salisbury Airport est de 281 km (176 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Kariba Airport et Salisbury Airport est de 281 km (176 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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