A plane transporting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to make an unplanned landing in the Britain on Wednesday after a crack was identified in the aircraft's cockpit window, according to an announcement which confirmed that the secretary was unharmed.
"The plane touched down following standard protocol and all passengers, among them Defense Secretary Hegseth, is unharmed," a press officer stated in a public statement.
The secretary was coming back from a quick journey to the city of Brussels at the time.
This event is not the initial instance that a American defense plane carrying a top government figure has experienced mechanical issues.
Earlier this year, a US Air Force plane transporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was compelled to head back to Washington after experiencing a mechanical fault.
