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five months earlier. As of 2022 this remained the deadliest aviation incident in
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missile. The circumstances were very similar to the shooting down of
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before heading for
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Accidents and incidents involving the
Vickers Viscount
476:"Rhodesian Aircraft Attack Guerrilla Camps in Zambia"
453:. Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. p. 331.
414:Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman
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878:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979
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234:), that was shot down soon after
532:Aviation accidents and incidents
392:"Again, death on 'Flight SAM-7'"
274:was on board, and they tried to
908:Terrorist incidents in Zimbabwe
313:Following the second incident,
149:Salisbury International Airport
33:A similar Air Rhodesia aircraft
888:February 1979 events in Africa
606:Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crash
449:Petter-Bowyer, P J H (2005) .
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374:Aviation Safety Network
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252:Air Rhodesia Flight 825
238:on 12 February 1979 by
208:Air Rhodesia Flight 827
22:Air Rhodesia Flight 827
368:Ranter, Harro (1979).
913:Massacres in Rhodesia
903:Terrorism in Rhodesia
327:heat-seeking missiles
766:Manises UFO incident
726:Aeroflot Flight 5484
616:Quebecair Flight 255
596:Aeroflot Flight 1691
258:Incident description
893:Mass murder in 1979
834:► 1980
828:1978 ◄
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706:Dan-Air Flight 0034
481:The Washington Post
400:. 26 February 1979.
346:Livingstone, Zambia
334:Rhodesian Air Force
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323:infrared signature
270:Commander General
115:Aircraft type
39:Airliner shootdown
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460:978-0-9584890-3-4
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136:Registration
129:Air Rhodesia
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419:Zebra Books
340:, launched
303:Lake Kariba
276:assassinate
272:Peter Walls
166:Destination
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62:missile by
847:Categories
352:References
244:guerrillas
190:Fatalities
174:Passengers
151:, Rhodesia
66:guerrillas
490:0190-8286
309:Aftermath
280:Salisbury
220:Salisbury
198:Survivors
56:Shot down
319:Viscount
287:Strela-2
248:Strela 2
246:using a
242:(ZIPRA)
232:Zimbabwe
224:Rhodesia
125:Operator
110:Aircraft
60:Strela 2
536: (
534:in 1979
236:takeoff
85:29°26′E
82:16°25′S
58:with a
52:Summary
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226:(now
64:ZIPRA
538:1979
486:ISSN
455:ISBN
436:2008
423:ISBN
397:Time
299:Vuti
295:SA-7
291:NATO
182:Crew
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