[guenthert]

Mathias Rust was an irresponsible buffoon. An idiot with access to a small plane. What's weird about that? The only weird thing I can see is that he didn't get shot down and made it all the way to Moscow, but then, perhaps the Soviets, even in the cold war, weren't as trigger-happy as the western media made us believe?

[4WIW]

This 18-year old buffoon and idiot had amazing skill and thoughtfulness to do what he did. To many accidents to write it all off as luck. This article has some of the details: https://taskandpurpose.com/history/soviet-union-mathias-rust...

Not pushing a conspiracy but weird it was indeed.