Air_Rhodesia_Flight_827
Air Rhodesia Flight 827
1979 aircraft incident in Zimbabwe
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] it remains the deadliest aviation incident in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.[1]