VP-YND On FEB 12, 1979, shortly after departing Kariba, this Air Rhodesia Viscount was hit in the jet pipe of the inner port engine by a SAM-7 missile, 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). There were 59 fatalities. ZIPRA were also responsible for shooting down an Air Rhodesia Viscount September 3, 1978.
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