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Hegseth Plane Forced to Land After Reporting Cracked Windshield
- On Wednesday, United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom after the windshield cracked while returning from Brussels, Belgium.
- At NATO headquarters on Oct. 15, 2025, Pete Hegseth addressed the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, urging NATO countries to increase American weaponry support after recent Russian air intrusions last month.
- In a Pentagon statement, Sean Parnell confirmed the plane landed under standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Pete Hegseth, is safe.
- With the cause still unclear, officials say the unidentified cause of windshield crack remains under investigation, and Pete Hegseth replied on his personal X account `All good.`.
- Amid rising regional tensions, the NATO meeting followed recent Russian drone and fighter intrusions and came as President Donald Trump floated sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
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Flight Tracker showed an emergency signal southwest of Ireland: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Boeing 757 made an unplanned stop in the UK. It's not the first incident of this kind.
The way back from the NATO meeting in Brussels is not going smoothly for Pete Hegseth. In the UK, his plane has to land in between unplanned. Previously, he had made remarkable announcements in front of his counterparts towards the Kremlin.
Windscreen cracks on US defence secretary's plane mid-flight
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the US from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe, the Pentagon said.The plane landed “based on standard procedures,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X.After Hegseth left Brussels, open source flight trackers spotted his C-32 lose altitude and begin broadcasting an emergency signal.READ M…
U.S. Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth had to make an unplanned stop on a flight from Europe to Washington. The reason for the stopover was a crack in the front window of the plane. The US Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth on board took off in Europe towards Washington. Hegseth was on his way back from the NATO Defense Minister's meeting in Brussels. The US Secretary of Defense aircraft, which the U.S. government has recently called "Minister of War," lande…
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