US EditionHegseth 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.
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…
Pete Hegseth’s plane makes ‘unscheduled landing’ in UK due to cracked windshield
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's plane suffered a cracked windshield mid-flight Wednesday, forcing it to make an "unscheduled landing" in the United Kingdom, the Pentagon revealed.
In the middle of a flight to the USA, there is an incident. On board is the U.S. Secretary of Defense. There is a stopover.
Pete Hegseth’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing in the U.K. After Crack Is Found in Windshield
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed that Hegseth “is safe” following the Oct. 15 incident NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2025.NEED TO KNOWDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the U.K. on Oct. 15 Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the diversion was due to a crack found in the windshield of the air…
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