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    Mathias Rust

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    I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #before #bridge #discovering #find #i

    I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #afterwards #anybody #because #convinced #family

    I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #i #licence #pilot #political #still

    I ended up injuring her with a knife I had on me. I can't really remember what happened. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #had #happened #her #i #injuring

    I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #got #i #license #pilot #private

    I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

    I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #enough #had #i #kremlin #landing

    I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #i #met #moved #three #went

    I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #caribbean #company #finance #i #now

    I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism. ↗


    — Mathias Rust

    #goal #happened #i #other #possibility






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    However right after his final communication with traffic control he turned his plane to the east. Air traffic control presumed an emergency and a rescue effort was organized including a Finnish Border Guard patrol boat. " After being released from court he converted to Hinduism in 1996 to become engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant.

    The incident aided Mikhail Gorbachev in the implementation of his reforms (by removing numerous military officials opposed to him) and reduced the prestige of the Soviet military among the populace thus helping bring an end to the Cold War. An amateur pilot he flew from Finland to Moscow being tracked several times by Soviet air defence and interceptors. He landed on Vasilevsky Descent[where?] next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the Soviet Union.

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