- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 12, 1979
Time: 1700
Location: Near Kariba, Rhodesia
Operator: Air Rhodesia
Flight #: ?
Route: Kariba - Salisbury
AC Type: Vickers Viscount 748D
Registration: VP-YND
cn / ln: 101
Aboard: 59   (passengers:54  crew:5)
Fatalities: 59   (passengers:54  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: Shot down by rebels with 2 surface-to-air missiles a few minutes after taking off from Kariba.
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