Air Rhodesia Flight 827 [File photo] |
Air Rhodesia Flight 827, a scheduled flight between Kariba and Salisbury was shot down on February 12, 1979 by Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrillas using a Strela 2 missile, killing 59 passengers and crew. On Sept. 3 1978, it did a similar thing to Flight RH825. Although 18 people survived among the 56 passengers and crew on board, 10 were shot dead by guerrillas.