Pilots

Captain John Hood,36 8000 flying hours
First Officer Garth Beaumont,31 4000 flying hours

Air Hostesses

Brenda-Ann Pearson,23
Dulcie Esterhuizen.21

Passengers:

Mr Fred.J. Barkuizen,47 South African
Mrs Ans. Barkuizen, South African

Mr Walter Brown, (Fife Scotland)
Mrs Elizabeth Brown,

Mr Jeremy. Bull, Gwelo
Mrs Karen. Bull, Byo nurse (honeymooners)

Mr Gary Callow, Sby

Mr Walter Ferrier, Sby
Mrs Margaret Ferrier, Sby

Walter worked at the Vehicle Inspection Depot in Umtali Road until his arthritis worsened. Margaret worked for Pearl (?) insurance. They had flown up to Kariba to visit their pregnant daughter Margaret and her (Aussie, pilot) husband Garry Mitchell. The family was told that Walter was helped from the wreckage, and to where they were told to gather, by other survivors because he was almost crippled with arthritis. Something that has always stuck with me is that it had only been Margaret Ferrier's second-ever airplane flight. The first had been on the way up to Kariba. The reason she had never flown before was because all her life she'd had an irrational and very strong fear of flying...

Pilots

Captain Jan Andre de Plessis,
First Officer Michael Thomas Moolman, 37

Air Hostesses

Kathryn Jane Creigh-Smith, 29
Caroline Lynette du Chemin 21
Regina Chigwada. 23 She was to be Air Rhodesia's fourth black air hostess

Passengers:

Mrs Lynnette Ballentyne,

Mr Arthur Bensusan, (67) (Mining consultant, owned Gladstone Mine Arcturus, an ex-WWW.II RAF pilot, Police Reserve Airwing)

Mrs Brenda Betts,( 36)
Mark Betts (11),
Russell Betts(9),

(Mr Tony Betts wrote in 2001 "Brenda was 36 years old and born in the UK. Both the boys were born in Jersey Channel Islands where we lived before going to Africa. Mark and Russell went the the Christian Brothers school in Bulawayo . I had been running the Hotel School for 4 years before joining the Meikles SouthernSun Group as Group General Manager designate in the January of 1979. I had gone to Kariba to restructure the management while the incumbent Group GM worked out his notice. We were planning for the boys to finish the term at school in Bulawayo before moving to Salisbury. At school , Mark's best friend, they sat together, was Keith Loder who was killed with his parents in the first "crash". !!!! I stayed on in Kariba for a number of months after the disaster. After a trip back to UK to see family and friends I returned to Salisbury and became the Managing Director of Cresta Hotels Ltd (a Tobacco Auctions company.) I returned to Europe in 1983. I have remarried and now have a 6 year old daughter. We live in Istanbu. although I am currently working in the UK."

Mrs Annette Billington,

Miss Marinda Blignaut South Africa

Mr Desmond Boyd, (53) (from New Zealand
Mrs Gladys Boyd , (51)
Noel Boyd (26)
Ian Boyd (25) (Manager Old Hararians, to be engaged to Gill Tabor)
Andrea Boyd (16)
Leonie Boyd. (14)

Mr George Dardagan, (Banket butcher)
Mrs (B?) Ursula Dardagan,

Miss Margaret "Margo" Davies, (UK) (British Airways Air Hostess)

Mr F. Deleplangue, (Belgian)

Mrs Pauline Delport,

Mr Ian Dempsey, off duty Air Rhodesia pilot

Mr B. Derham, (Swiss)

Mr T. Descampe, (Belgian)
Mrs Y.Descampe, (Belgian)

Mr Derek Ebben,

Mr Alec Fairlie,
Mrs Nancy Fairlie.

Mr Rouche Francois,

Mr  John Gobey, (Gatooma business man had a cast iron foundry, servicing mainly the mining industry. Among his many exploits, John had an interest in a kapenta fishing business in Kariba as well. Although John had somewhat of a notorious reputation, he was an exceedingly kind and generous man, and had a world-class collection of exotic birds at his home on Robert Taylor Drive overlooking the farming country to the north of Gatooma.

Mr Donald Goldin (Rhodesian FrontMP for Wankie),

Mr Peter Grey, (UK) (Friend of Mr Bensusan, see above)

Andrew Hardinge (14), (Was the son of the casino manager in Victoria Falls) My name is Nicola Kinrade and my brother Andrew Hardinge - 14 years old, was killed on the Umniati Viscount Feb 12, 1979. My parents who lived in Victoria Falls were sending him back to school in England for safety. For some reason, he could not fly directly from Vic Falls to Salisbury to take the flight to London. So he and a family friend (Michael Harraghy) who had been visiting us went via Kariba. It was a last minute decision for Andrew to go back to the UK, and they decided to have him go back with Michael, so he would not be traveling by himself. I was at boarding school in Bulawayo (age 13) at the time, and so just said good-bye to him over the telephone.  Since Andrew was moving back to the UK permanently, he took all his clothes and possessions with him in trunks on the plane. So, by the time I got back to our house in Vic Falls after being flown home after the crash, and when I went into his bedroom - it was completely empty and stripped of all his posters and clothing. It was as if he had been erased.

Mr Michael Harraghy, (UK) (Was a friend of Andrew Hardinge's father)

Mr Ron Isitt, (UK) (Liebigs Ltd)

Mr S. Maere, (Belgian)
Mrs. Maere, (Belgian)

Lt Andrea Mason, (Army)

Miss Susan E. Morgan,

Mr B. Muzando,

Mr R. Pouvier, (Belgian)

Major Spike Powell,

Mrs Denise Quinese, Norton (A brass plaque is still in place in the Dudley Hall Junior School Chapel listing the victims) 

Miss Mitze Rees,
Miss Gillian Tabor, (Soon to be engaged to Mr Ian Boyd see above)

Mr Paul Tasker,

Mr John Teede,
Mrs Sheila Teede,

Mrs Linda Thomson,

Mr Henry van der Merwe,

Mrs J. Viljoen,
Miss D. Viljoen,

Mr Rob Virgette,

Mrs Deirdre Wakefield,

Mr Ted Wigg, (37) (Managing Director Liebigs Ltd Byo)
Mr Loris Zucchini.(58) (Technical Dir Liebigs Byo)