Mathias Rust
Mathias Rust
Mathias Rustis a German aviator known for his illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. An amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland to Moscow, being tracked several times by Soviet air defense and interceptors. The Soviet fighters never received permission to shoot him down, and several times he was mistaken for a friendly aircraft. He landed on Vasilevsky Descent next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the Soviet Union...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPilot
Date of Birth1 June 1968
CountryGermany
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After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill.
I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean.
I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space.
Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought.
The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs.
I wanted to choose somewhere public, because I was scared of the KGB.