Top 10 deadliest airplane shootdown incidents

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Air Rhodesia Flight 827, one of the 'Top 10 deadliest airplane shootdown incidents' by China.org.cn

Air Rhodesia Flight 827 [File photo]



Air Rhodesia Flight 827, a scheduled flight between Kariba and Salisbury was shot down on February 12, 1979 by Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrillas using a Strela 2 missile, killing 59 passengers and crew. On Sept. 3 1978, it did a similar thing to Flight RH825. Although 18 people survived among the 56 passengers and crew on board, 10 were shot dead by guerrillas.

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