Vickers Viscount crash, Feb 12, 1979 (59 killed), Kariba...
Vickers Viscount accident on February 12, 1979 near Kariba Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe with 59 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a surface to air missile...
- Date: February 12, 1979
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Kariba Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
- Fatalities: 59
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Shot down by a surface to air missile fired by ZIPRA guerrillas.
Air Rhodesia Flight 827, a Vickers Viscount VP-YND, was hit by a surface to air missile fired by ZIPRA guerrillas shortly after takeoff from Kariba while climbing at low altitude. The aircraft came down east of Lake Kariba and all 59 people on board were killed.