 Flight <unk> was <unk> by 36 @-@ year @-@ old Captain John Hood , a native of <unk> who had gained his commercial pilot licence in 1966 . He had flown <unk> for Air Rhodesia since 1968 , and had also served in the Rhodesian Air Force on a voluntary basis . His first officer , Garth Beaumont , was 31 years old , and had lived in Rhodesia for most of his life , having immigrated as a child from South Africa . The two air <unk> were <unk> <unk> , 21 years old and from <unk> , and 23 @-@ year @-@ old Louise Pearson , from Salisbury . 
