 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 |
| 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]