{"id":693015,"date":"2026-06-09T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/693015\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:51:09","slug":"trump-says-pilots-are-fine-after-u-s-military-helicopter-goes-down-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/693015\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says pilots \u2018are fine\u2019 after U.S. military helicopter goes down over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"

A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz went down Monday, but the two pilots on board \u201care fine,\u201d President Donald Trump said.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s unclear why the aircraft went down over the crucial waterway, which has been a major flashpoint between the United States and Iran throughout the war. <\/p>\n

Trump, speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One early Tuesday, said \u201cthe pilots are fine\u201d and that no one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to issue a report tomorrow,\u201d he said, \u201cbut the pilots are fine, yeah.\u201d <\/p>\n

The incident was first reported by the New York Times, <\/a>citing two people briefed on the incident.<\/p>\n

Trump was speaking hours after Iran and Israel exchanged their first direct attacks since the April truce, threatening a return to all-out war in the Middle East. The adversaries later stepped away from the clash.<\/p>\n

Iran has maintained a stranglehold on the strait, through which about one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply normally crosses, since the U.S. and Israel launched the war.<\/p>\n

\"AnVessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman on May 25, 2026.Reuters<\/p>\n

Trump has vowed to restore traffic through the vital shipping lane as part of a deal to end the war. <\/p>\n

Speaking Tuesday about a potential deal with Iran, he told reporters that, \u201cWe\u2019re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal that will not allow in any way, shape or form nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe strait will open up right away. It\u2019ll open up immediately upon signing, which could be in two or three days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly suggested the two sides are close to a deal in the weeks since they agreed to a ceasefire, but so far no agreement has materialized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz went down Monday, but the two pilots on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-693015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}