Plane Transporting US Defense Secretary Required to Touch Down in UK Due to Crack in Windshield

A jet transporting the US defense secretary was forced to make an emergency landing in the Britain on Wednesday after a crack was discovered in the jet's front window, according to an official statement which verified that Hegseth was safe.

"The aircraft landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Defense Secretary Hegseth, is unharmed," a spokesperson said in a public statement.

The secretary was coming back from a short visit to Brussels during the flight.

This event is not the first time that a United States armed forces jet ferrying a senior official has experienced technical problems.

Earlier this year, a US Air Force plane ferrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the German city of Munich was compelled to turn back to Washington after suffering a mechanical fault.