Incident Overview
Date: Monday 12 February 1979
Aircraft Type: Vickers 748D Viscount
Owner/operator: Air Rhodesia
Registration Number: VP-YND
Location: near Kariba –
ÿ Zimbabwe
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59
Component Affected: Jet pipe of the inner port engineJet pipe of the inner port engine
Category: Unlawful Interference
Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount ‘Umniati’ was struck by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7) resulting in its jet pipe being damaged and it subsequently crashing into a ravine in the Vuti African Purchase Area.Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount ‘Umniati’ was struck by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7) resulting in its jet pipe being damaged and it subsequently crashing into a ravine in the Vuti African Purchase Area.
Description
Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount “Umniati” was hit in the jet pipe of the inner port engine by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7), burst into flames and crashed out of control into a ravine in the Vuti African Purchase Area. Responsible for the shoot down were soldiers from Joshua Nkomo’s Zimbabwe Peoples Revolution Army (ZIPRA). They were also responsible for shooting down an Air Rhodesia Viscount September 3, 1978.
Primary Cause
A 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7) struck the aircraft.A 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7) struck the aircraft.Share on:
