19-year-old German pilot Mathias Rust conducted illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow in 1987 on the plane Cessna 182 from Helsinki to Moscow. On September 2 he was accused of illegal entry to the USSR, violation of the international flight rules and of delinquency. The trial is held by the USSR Supreme Court.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Disasters & Accidents, Politics, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 02.09.1987
- Date published: 21.10.2009
- Author: Yuryi Abramochkin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: DP87-2837, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 5318x3544px, 5.9Mb