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Mathias Rust

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Aviator

The Resume

    (1968- )
    German
    Flew a Cessna light plane from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, in the then-USSR, landing next to the Kremlin (May 28, 1987)

Why he might be annoying:

    When he disappeared from Finnish radar and refused to respond to air traffic control, they assumed he had crashed and launched a rescue effort that cost $100,000.
    While working as a hospital orderly, he stabbed a student nurse who rejected him. She was injured so badly that if she had not already been in a hospital, she would have died. (November 23, 1989).
    He spent more time in prison for violating Soviet airspace (14 months) than for nearly killing someone (5 months).
    He was arrested for shoplifting a sweater (2001).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He claimed to be on a peace mission.
    Mikhail Gorbachev used his flight as an excuse to fire several anti-glasnost officials, including the defense minister and air-defense commander.
    He sponsored an orphanage in Russia.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 66 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 68 Votes: 77.94% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 118 Votes: 55.08% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 59 Votes: 71.19% Annoying