Mathias Rust flight on 28 May 2007, the international media interviewed Rust about the flight and its aftermath. "The Washington Post" and "Bild" both have online editions of their interviews. The most comprehensive televised interview available online is produced by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. In their interview "Rust in Red Square", recorded in May 2007, Rust gives a full account of the flight in English. Mathias Rust Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. An amateur pilot, the teenager flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow,
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land is to hit the atmosphere. The two craft ride in together, and once into the atmosphere, "XU-5" veers off while Cody fights to keep "Starflight" under control in a wild descent with damaged wings. Josh hurries outside, not wanting to listen to the communications. However, after a few minutes of silence, he hears "Starflight"'s distinctive engines, and turns to see it on final approach for landing. The film's visual effects were supervised by veteran effects guru John Dykstra's Apogee effects house. "Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land" made use of stock footage of launches by the space shuttle "Columbia" and