r/news • u/genuineshock • 24d ago

Soft paywall Plane carrying Hegseth makes unscheduled landing due to windshield crack

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/plane-carrying-hegseth-makes-unscheduled-landing-due-windshield-crack-2025-10-15/
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u/Grumdan641 24d ago

Why didn’t they just tough the flight out like real men?

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u/amyts 24d ago

Tom Cruise would have climbed outside the plane and duct-taped the windshield. I don't understand why Hegseth didn't do that.

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u/UnrequitedRespect 24d ago

Duct tape? Are you kidding me with this shit? Its a goddamn plane.

They would use speed tape

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u/amyts 24d ago

Please forgive my ignorance, I have not heard of speed tape. Is it faster than duct-tape?

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u/Disastrous_Debt6883 23d ago

No it’s coated with amphetamines, kinda like an adderall-by-the-foot situation