# What ever happened to Matthias Rust? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879 "2002-12-10T23:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/1 "2002-12-10T23:52:18Z")
What ever happened to Matthias Rust? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/2 "2002-12-11T00:11:04Z")
Call me ignorant, but who’s Mathias Rust? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/3 "2002-12-11T00:17:53Z")
Matthias Rust was 19 years old in 1987 when he flew from Germany to Moscow in a rented Cessna 172 and landed in Red Square. He was arrested, but I think Gorbachev let him go not long after. I was just wondering what he’s been up to since then. Is he still flying? What’s he do for a living? Did he get dead in a horrible autobahn crash? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/4 "2002-12-11T00:36:06Z")
He’s got something called [Orion and Isis](http://www.mathiasrust.com/englisch/indexe.htm) going. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/5 "2002-12-11T01:44:23Z")
Interesting… > [@](#): > > Orion and Isis came into being and grew in little time into a strong organisation capable of action. > The clear plan is to undertake the first job in the near future. > As soon as this plan is carried out and the set goals draw nearer, Mathias Rust will begin to accomplish his most daring dream… > > Furthermore, he is responsible for formulating the final solution… Sounds ominous! 😛 But that’s probably just imperfect translation. 😉 Actually… > [@](#): > > Orion and Isis work on issues which contain non-violent solutions to resolve conflicts between government, ethnic or religious institutions. It sounds like a noble endeavor. Maybe someone should let O&I work on the present situation between Dubya and Saddam… Thanks for the link, **Ringo**. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/6 "2002-12-11T03:09:04Z")
He was also convicted in 1991 of “attempted manslaughter” in Germany. Go to [washingtonpost.com](http://washingtonpost.com) and search the archives for his name. You have to subscribe to get the whole article, but you can read the first paragraph without subscription. ---
**Author:** ![ShetlandPony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@ShetlandPony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShetlandPony)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/7 "2002-12-11T12:42:06Z")
Whenhe went back to Germany he worked in a hospital ( as an alternative to service in the army) and after a nurse rejected his advances he attacked her with a knife. He now has problems with a conviction for shoplifting in Hamburg. The “Final Solution” is , thank God, only a (very) imperfect translation. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-matthias-rust/141879/8 "2002-12-11T13:16:46Z")
I found the whole site Very Vaguely Creepy, even though they’re just consultants with an odd corporate structure.