Air Rhodesia Flight 827 , the '' Umniati '' , was a scheduled flight between Kariba and Salisbury that was shot down on 12 February 1979 by Zimbabwe People 's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA ) guerrillas using a Strela 2 missile soon after take-off . The circumstances were very similar to that of Air Rhodesia Flight 825 five months earlier . To date , it remains the deadliest aviation incident in Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe )
Air Rhodesia Flight 825
Air Rhodesia Flight 825
Air Rhodesia Flight 827