| 1987 y. |
On the Day of Frontier Guard May 28, 1987 American-made sport plane Cessna violated the airspace of the USSR.Untouched by the Soviet air defense, he landed in Moscow near Red Square on Vasilevsky descent.More precisely, he landed on the Big Moskvoretsky Bridge and coast down he reached St. Basil`s Cathedral.Many cameras and camcorders of tourists recorded the moment when the pilot climbed out of the cockpit and immediately began signing autographs.
After 10 minutes he was arrested.The perpetrator was a citizen of Germany 19-year-old sportsman-pilot Mathias Rust.His father was a businessman who sold the Cessna "in Germany.Rust`s plane crossed the air border of the Soviet Union in 14.
20, at an altitude of 600 m above the Gulf of Finland in the Estonian town of Kohtla-Jarve.Locators defense is recorded, and on-call missile battalions were put on alert.On the interception was a fighter, who quickly discovered the wrongdoing.But he was not allowed to shoot down the Cessna, and up to Moscow plane Rust "were".The fact is that since 1984 the Soviet Union acted in an order prohibiting open fire on civilians and sports aircraft.Newspapers of the time wrote: "Country in shock! Amateur pilot, and, unfortunately, German, on the move profaned among the huge defense arsenal of the Soviet Union and in a holiday - Day of Border Guards.
Then lost their posts, Defense Minister Sergei Sokolov, Commander of Air Defense Forces Alexander Koldunov and about 300 officers.The people of Red Square began to call "airport" Sheremetyevo-3 ".September 4, 1987 Rust was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for illegally crossing the border by air, in violation of international flight rules and hooliganism.
After a pre-trial detention and prison for a total of 432 days, 3 August 1988, he was pardoned by the Bureau of the Supreme Council and expelled from the territory of the USSR.Sam Rust said in court that his flight was "a call for peace.". |
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