15年前,19岁的联邦德国青年马蒂斯·鲁斯特驾驶着他的“塞斯纳”轻型单引擎运动飞机,穿过当时被认为是无懈可击的苏联防空系统的重重警戒,降落在莫斯科红场上。当一袭红色工作服的鲁斯特走下飞机、羞涩地向红场上散步的人群报以微笑时,苏联乃至全世界都为之瞠目结舌。随后,鲁斯特因非法入境罪及扰乱航空秩序罪被判入狱4年。苏联国防部因此颜面尽失,一大批军方高官因“鲁斯特事件”被革职,其中包括国防部长。时至今日,“鲁斯特事件”中仍有许多尚未解开的谜团。苏联方面当时的解释是,“塞斯纳”的飞行速度相对于苏军的截击机来说太慢了,因此它才侥幸逃过拦截。这一说法显然站不住脚。因为,对于一架仅仅由飞行爱好者驾驶的飞机,根本不需要数架截击机对它进行合围,警告性射击就足以使它粉身碎骨。退一万步讲,苏联军方无论如何也不应该让鲁斯特稀里糊涂地飞到首都。随着时间的推移,有关此事的许多不为人知的细节浮出水面。现在可以说,鲁斯特的历险之所以成功,竟是因一系列巧合促成的。 Fifteen years ago, the 19-year-old federal German youth Matisse Rust led his Cessna light single-engine sports plane through the heavily guarded Soviet air defense system, which was considered impeccable at the time, to land in Moscow Red Square. When Rousste, dressed in red overalls, stepped down and smiled shyly at the crowd walking on Red Square, the Soviet Union and the rest of the world were amazed. Subsequently, Rust was sentenced to 4 years in jail for illegally arriving and disrupting aviation order. As a result, the defense ministry of the Soviet Union lost its face and a large number of senior military officials were dismissed for “the Rust events,” including the defense minister. Today, there are still many unsolved mysteries in the “Rust Events.” The Soviet explanation at that time was that Cessna flew too slowly to intercept the Soviet interceptor aircraft. This statement is obviously untenable. Because there is simply no need for several interceptor aircraft to enclose an aircraft driven by flight-only airstrips, warning shots are enough to crush it. One step backward, the Soviet military should not let Rust miss the capital anyway. Over time, many unknown details about the matter surfaced. Now it can be said that the success of Rust’s adventure was actually prompted by a series of coincidences.