< ! -- Deleted image removed : On 3 September 1978 , Air Rhodesia Flight 825 , a Vickers Viscount with registration VP-WAS , was shot down near Kariba by nationalist guerrillas . Only eight people survived the crash and the ensuing massacre by the guerilla fighters . Just five months later , on 12 February 1979 , Air Rhodesia Flight 827 , another Viscount , registered VP-YND , was shot down in the same area , killing everyone on board . As a protective measure , all of the surviving Air Rhodesia Viscounts were quickly painted in a special yellowish-green , matt paint , and all shiny metal surfaces on the aircraft , including propeller blades and spinners , were painted over . In order to prevent heat-seeking missiles from locking on to the hot jet pipes , specially designed engine guards were fitted to the engine nacelles , which had the effect of significantly increasing the aircraft 's fuel consumption . Meanwhile , due to the ongoing war , passenger numbers continued to plummet as fuel prices soared
Air Rhodesia Flight 825
Air Rhodesia Flight 825
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