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Trump’s Helicopter Forced Down in Emergency Landing in UK
YouTube ^ | 09/18/2025 | My Informant

Posted on 09/19/2025 9:21:26 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

Trump’s UK visit nearly took a dramatic turn when his helicopter, carrying him and Melania, made an emergency landing after a hydraulic issue. Diverted to Luton, the Trumps switched choppers before boarding Air Force One back to the U.S. The White House called it “minor,” but the symbolism is striking: the world’s most powerful man, forced down mid-flight. Was it just a glitch — or a reminder of how fragile power can be?

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1 posted on 09/19/2025 9:21:26 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

I had a crew chief on CH-47 tell us once when a guy pointed out there was hydraulic fluid leaking, he said “if it stops leaking let me know that is when it is bad”...


2 posted on 09/19/2025 9:25:07 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: SmokingJoe

A “hydraulic issue”? That covers a wide variety of problems.


3 posted on 09/19/2025 9:25:41 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: SmokingJoe

Flying is about procedures. They are absolute, not subject to anything else.


4 posted on 09/19/2025 9:26:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: SmokingJoe

Are you sure this happened?


5 posted on 09/19/2025 9:28:07 AM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: SmokingJoe

“”””Trump’s Helicopter Forced Down in Emergency Landing “”””

“Forced down” sounds to me like hostile outside forces “forced it down” rather than just landing because of malfunctioning gear.


6 posted on 09/19/2025 9:28:37 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Resolute Conservative

That’s true. We always looked on the floor for fluid before we’d get on the -43s


7 posted on 09/19/2025 9:28:43 AM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what I was burdened by before.)
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To: al baby

nevermind


8 posted on 09/19/2025 9:29:11 AM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: SmokingJoe

Ahhh, so now SPECTRE has the clone in place.


9 posted on 09/19/2025 9:35:30 AM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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To: ansel12

I’m with you on this one.


10 posted on 09/19/2025 9:36:05 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: SmokingJoe; 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; ...

AVIATION PING!...................


11 posted on 09/19/2025 9:38:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SmokingJoe; 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; ...

AVIATION PING!...................


12 posted on 09/19/2025 9:38:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Ping!................


13 posted on 09/19/2025 9:39:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ansel12

““Forced down” sounds to me like hostile outside forces “forced it down” rather than just landing because of malfunctioning gear.”

Yeah. They word it like that to get more hits.


14 posted on 09/19/2025 9:45:23 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Resolute Conservative

My friend was a crew chief for Blackhawks and told me he always wore rain gear every time he flew in a CH-47.


15 posted on 09/19/2025 9:45:34 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: plain talk

Thats we fly 4 of them around. Pick another.


16 posted on 09/19/2025 9:46:28 AM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“10,000 parts rotating around an oil leak.”


17 posted on 09/19/2025 9:46:29 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. D)
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To: blackdog

Or anyone else?


18 posted on 09/19/2025 9:47:11 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SmokingJoe

It’s fine to post a day-old story, but you might want to put [update on yesterday’s story] after the headline so folks will know it’s a repost or update of the prior story that was posted and discussed at length, and that the President’s helicopter wasn’t “forced” down yet again.


19 posted on 09/19/2025 9:50:04 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: al baby

Yes, it happened twice. Or once. Or who knows?


20 posted on 09/19/2025 9:50:34 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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