Air Rhodesia Flight 827

Air Rhodesia Flight 827

A similar Air Rhodesia aircraft
Airliner shootdown
Date	12 February 1979
Summary	Shot down with a Strela 2 missile by ZIPRA guerrillas
Site	Vuti African Purchase Area 16°25′S 29°26′E / 16.417°S 29.433°E / -16.417; 29.433
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount
Operator	Air Rhodesia
Registration	VP-YND
Flight origin	Salisbury International Airport, Rhodesia
Last stopover	Kariba, Rhodesia
Destination	Salisbury International Airport, Rhodesia
Passengers	55
Crew	4
Fatalities	59
Survivors	0

Air Rhodesia Flight 827, operated by Vickers Viscount VP-YND 'Umniati' was a scheduled civilian flight between Kariba and the capital, Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), 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. As of 2022^[update] this remained the deadliest aviation incident in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.^[1]