German pilot Mathias Rust arrested in Soviet Union, 1988

Moscow, Soviet Union. German amateur pilot Mathias Rust before deportation to West Germany. Rust was arrested for breaching the Soviet border and hooliganism after illegally landing near Red Square on his Reims Cessna F172P civil single-engine aircraft on May 28, 1987. Eduard Pesov/TASS

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Amateur Breaching Cessna Deportation F172p Hooliganism Illegally Mathias Pesov Reims Rust Single-engine

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