Interflug IL-62 Lands In Field

It almost looked like the pilots initiated a go-around departure (nose pitched up during roll-out), but aborted it after realizing the spoilers were deployed, and then pivoted to plan B. . . I don't know if spoilers auto-deploy on that jet or not. Soviet jets were rugged, if not technologically advanced!
 
The whole "stunt" was actually very well thought through, planned and deliberately concerted - and NOT Russian!
As the video is in German and apparently nobody who watched the clip cared enough to take 2 minutes and google if there wasn't anything in English language which would explain what is depicted in the clip, I feel compelled to add at least a little info for anybody who still has the patience and interest to read up on what actually happened. So just for clarification / information or just for the sake of anybody's curiosity .....
https://www.twz.com/this-crazy-il-62-airliners-grass-landing-has-a-great-story-behind-it
https://www.sightraider.com/interflug-ilyushin-il-62-in-stolln/
(You need to select English as language in the translation bar top left in order to read the German language Wiki article!)
https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Iljuschin_Il-62_auf_dem_Flugplatz_Stölln/Rhinow?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
 
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