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Air Force Plane carrying Pete Hegseth makes emergency landing.

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First let's get the link out of the way.

Donald Trump's right hand man 'forced to make emergency landing in UK'

A flight reportedly carrying US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been forced to land at RAF Mildenhall after emitting a Squawk 7700 code indicating a general emergency.
www.express.co.uk

Next. Let's talk about it. Apparently the plane began to have a pressurization issue and descended to a lower altitude and turned back to land at England. The plane was on its way to Washington DC from Brussels where Pete was attending meetings with NATO.

My guess? I'm betting the ground crews were busy working out to make sure they were not fat and pumping iron instead of checking the plane. It's important to make sure the Frat Boy rule is followed you know. No Fat Chicks, and No Fat Bros unless they're funny.
 

I'm glad that the crew is safe.
 
Or, maybe it’s because the plane is almost 30 years old and mechanical issues happen to machines fairly often.
 
Glad it was nothing more seriand everyone is fine. Since when was he elevated to right hand man? ,
 
Moon said:
Headline writer trying to be edgy is my guess.
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Are you saying writers at these types of publications take license and use provocative language? Oh my.......
 
mike2810 said:
/sarcasm
wonder if members of the press received permission ot print this story of the emergency landing?
If not, will they lose their press privileges. lol
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Now that's funny! Hegseth is such a ham bone he wants all the press but only when he wants it. I wish none of them will run it but they have to it is news.
 
Evil men live long while good people die young…
 
Someone couldn't even be bothered to read the article. There was no pressurization issue. In fact, the word pressurization appears nowhere in the article linked in the OP.

The aircrew noticed a crack in the windscreen and descended to 10,000 as a precautionary measure.
 
The OP said "apparently", he didn't say the word was in the article. Are you saying a cracked windshield would have no effect on the pressure in the plane?
 
Old 'N Chill said:
The OP said "apparently", he didn't say the word was in the article. Are you saying a cracked windshield would have no effect on the pressure in the plane?
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Windscreens are multilayered. Plus even if there was a crack, the leakage would be so small that you would not lose pressure.

By descending to 10,000 feet and reducing airspeed you reduce stress. That is what they were doing.
 
JMB1911A1 said:
Windscreens are multilayered. Plus even if there was a crack, the leakage would be so small that you would not lose pressure.

By descending to 10,000 feet and reducing airspeed you reduce stress. That is what they were doing.
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Small or not, there was an issue which may have affected the pressure, that's why they descended and reduced speed.
 
The culprit C-32A on the ground at the UK RAF base Mildenhall after its in air emergency.

Actually there were two in-flight emergencies. One was the windscreen crack that put the air pressure to the test; the second being that the Asshat Hegseth The Horrible was on board being his Asshat Self.

We know Hegseth is a standing joke and one in Washington goes this way:
If Hegseth fell into the Potomac it would be a disaster.
If someone fished him out again it would be a calamity.






A U.S. Air Force C-32A carrying Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth back from today’s meeting of NATO Defense Chiefs in Brussels, Belgium, was forced to descend to under 10,000ft and divert to RAF Mildenhall in England earlier due to a cracked windscreen, which reportedly caused concerns about pressurization prior to crossing the Atlantic. A C-17A accompanying the C-32A also landed at Mildenhall and will likely transport Secretary Hegseth the remainder of the journey back to the United States.






Meanwhile, back in the Nation's Capital.....another C-32 also had its concerns....


C-32 Forced To Delay Landing After F-16s Scrambled To Intercept Drone Near Capital

The incident took place as President Donald Trump has vowed to provide more details about mysterious drones.
www.twz.com
 
Old 'N Chill said:
The OP said "apparently", he didn't say the word was in the article. Are you saying a cracked windshield would have no effect on the pressure in the plane?
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Generally speaking, no, it would not.
 
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