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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News & Politics

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• history
• russia
• germany
• cold
• war
• flying
• adventure
• europe
• moscow
• red
• square
• cessna
• air
• craft
• soviet
• union
• helsiki
• finland

[TheColinChapman]

maybe a smart young pilot, but simply a crazy guy who hasn't heard the whistle. After his time in russia he tried to stab a nurse who refused to kiss him. He was convicted to three years in prison for the attempt of manslaughter. Later he was convicted due to thievery and for deception. This man is a lunatic.

[alfhalfling]

yeah it was a better stundt than hijacking 2 aircraft and flying into the world trade

[TheColinChapman]

@srt619 I am dead serious. read his biography on Wikipedia.

[srt619]

@TheColinChapman are u serious? i cant beleive that!

[Wunlong1234]

Crazy people often do unusual things; but once in a while they do very crazy and interesting things. I could not argue that his flight was not both crazy and interesting.

[anorak2]

@kosiak10851 "And pilots know that military has every right to shoot them in case of violation."

Bollocks

[anorak2]

@everyone Oh please let go of this childish German bashing. Mathias Rust is quite apparently mental, and he was so at the time. His mental illness is the reason he made this flight, and that he committed several crimes in his later life. Also look at his "philosophies" of "saving the world" and all that, it doesn't sound quite sane. There are mentally ill people in any country.

[anorak2]

@robertogrimes121 "Who took and then released this footage? This was quite a long time before anyone was carrying a cell phone camera" Yeah but amateur video cameras existed then. "Or am I supposed to believe that the Soviets just let cameramen tape whatever they wanted to next to the Kremlin in 1987??" Yes, the Red Square was buzzing with tourists, and they tend to have cameras. The footage was shot by a tourist, it said so in the news at the time.

[happyhourkid]

@ss90ss444: if the measure of being a true German is piloting a private aircraft and risking getting shot down only to be inevitably captured and detained in a Soviet prison for 14 months only to return to Germany to lead a life of crime which included STABBING a girl, well, may I say that I am glad to NOT be German.

[GayFoxxx]

nur kranke menschen landen nicht mit flugzeugen sicher auf festem boden !

[GayFoxxx]

@ss90ss444 die russen sind keine bastarde - du depp - rust zeigt ganz friedlich wie menschenverständigung im positiven zu bewerkstelligen ist ! daraus gelernt - hat allerdings niemand - was rust beweisen wollte !