May 28, 1987 the aircraft of 18-year-old German Mathias Rust landed on Red Square. What was it? A provocation of special services, marketing course or a hooliganism? There is no answer.
Mathias Rust left Helsinki airport "Malami" on May 28. The ultimate goal of the sport aircraft Cessna was Stockholm. Finnish staff perplexed: there was no more than an hour and a half to Sweden, but the aircraft tanks were filled to capacity. Mathias, of course, was not going to the Swedish capital. His purpose was Moscow but at that moment no one could even imagine it, so the flight was allowed. The first 20 minutes of the flight, the pilot was going along designated route, then he contacted the dispatcher, said he was all right and said goodbye. On that day, he no longer contacted anyone by radio.
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Shortly after Mathias turned off all means of communication, his plane disappeared from radar screens. In the place of the latest aircraft coordinate, the rescue team was dispatched urgently, which found an oil slick of impressive size on the surface of the sea. The plane was decided to be crashed. Rescuers even summoned to the aid of divers, so they combed the bottom in search of Matthias. Later, "the Kremlin flyer" received from the Finnish authorities an account for a false alarm in the amount of 100 thousand dollars. The origin of the oil spot remained a mystery.
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