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Air Rhodesia Flight 827, the Umniati, was a scheduled civilian flight between Kariba and Salisbury, Rhodesia (now 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]

Air Rhodesia Flight 827

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
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

Incident description

The flight's departure from Kariba had been delayed, and so it did not take the time to climb over a lake to get above the ceiling of shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles before heading for Salisbury.^{[citation needed]} ZIPRA had information that the Rhodesian Security Forces Commander General Peter Walls was on board, and they tried to assassinate him. However, he and his wife missed the flight and caught a later one, which landed safely in Salisbury.

The plane was damaged by a SAM-7[2] missile and came down in rough terrain in the Vuti African Purchase Area east of Lake Kariba.[3] None of the 59 passengers or crew survived.[1]

Aftermath

Following the second incident, Air Rhodesia added shrouding to the exhaust pipes of their Viscount aircraft to reduce their infrared signature, and painted the aircraft with a low-radiation paint as countermeasures against heat-seeking missiles.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 February 1979, the Rhodesian Air Force, with covert assistance from the South African Air Force, launched Operation Vanity, a retaliatory bombing raid against a ZIPRA camp near Livingstone, Zambia.[4]

References

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[de] Air-Rhodesia-Flug 827

Am 12. Februar 1979 stürzte eine Vickers Viscount auf dem Air-Rhodesia-Flug 827 ab, nachdem das Flugzeug von einer Boden-Luft-Rakete getroffen worden war.

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- [en] Air Rhodesia Flight 827

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[fr] Vol Air Rhodesia 827

Le vol Air Rhodesia 827, était un vol civil régulier entre Kariba et Salisbury en Rhodésie (aujourd'hui Zimbabwe) qui a été abattu peu après le décollage le 12 février 1979 par les guérilleros de l'Armée révolutionnaire du peuple du Zimbabwe (ZIPRA) à l'aide d'un missile Strela 2 . Les circonstances étaient très similaires à celles de l'abattage du vol 825 d'Air Rhodesia cinq mois plus tôt. Au 1er janvier 2022, il reste l'incident aérien le plus meurtrier en Rhodésie/Zimbabwe.

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[it] Volo Air Rhodesia 827

Il volo Air Rhodesia 827, l'Umniati, era un volo di linea tra Kariba e Salisbury (odierna Harare) che venne abbattuto il 12 febbraio 1979 dai guerriglieri dell'Esercito Rivoluzionario Popolare dello Zimbabwe (ZIPRA) utilizzando un missile Strela-2 subito dopo il decollo. Le circostanze erano molto simili a quelle del volo Air Rhodesia 825 di cinque mesi prima. Ad oggi, rimane l'incidente aereo più mortale in Rhodesia (ora Zimbabwe).

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