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Mathias Rust INTERVIEW May 28, 2007

19-year-old Mathias Rust landed his small aircraft in Moscow's Red Square in 1987. In this English interview (may 2007) with Danish TV, he speaks about the flight and its aftermath. (eng/eng subs)  
 
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Rwe72 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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der muss inne Klapse...mein Gott hat der ein anne Waffel
viktor777888 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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erlend er teit
joshua81em (6 days ago) Show Hide
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In Soviet Russia, plane flies YOU!
UberQuaker2 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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They could have shot him down but they didnt't want to risk an incident like de Korean 747 that was shot down in 1986.
In the end it gave Gorbatsjov a good oppertunity to sack the hardline soviet generals that could have blocked Perestroika.
A realy BRILLIANT action !
kosiak10851 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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All the claims that Soviet air defence was weak is bullshit. So what? Americans also didnt stop several aircrafts (much larger than Cessna) in Sept 2001.
AreOut (2 months ago) Show Hide
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So what? Fighter can keep running circles around him if needed...fighters were ordered to abandon following him and then later directed back to find him but he probably landed somewhere before going to Moscow.
TruthSearcher4ever (4 months ago) Show Hide
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A Hero!! Russian are very weak in every way lol
ukrainesuperpower87 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Soviet air force / air defence tracked them from west Gemany border, but they did not got order to shot down them (mainly for polical reasons to prevent scandal)
Rust was lucky bastard
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please, look at his flying route first. there's no need to track aircraft heading to island and norway. yes, i think russians were able to track since norway until moscow. but that they didn't shoot him down and this shows the degree of 'bardak' in soviet army. after that gorbachev got oppurtunity to fire some general who opposed his politics. afterall this was very stupidly brave act from rust. brought lots of excitement for me too, 'cause i had my 13th birthday that day :)
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lol

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