An aircraft carrying Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing in the Britain on Wednesday due to a fissure was discovered in the aircraft's cockpit window, according to an official announcement which stated that Hegseth was safe.
"The aircraft touched down following established safety measures and everyone onboard, including Defense Secretary Hegseth, is secure," a spokesperson commented in a social media post.
The secretary was coming back from a brief trip to the city of Brussels when the incident occurred.
This event isn't the first time that a United States armed forces jet carrying a high-ranking official has suffered mechanical issues.
Earlier this year, a American military jet transporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the German city of Munich was forced to turn back to the US capital after experiencing a mechanical fault.
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