Jet Carrying Pete Hegseth Required to Land in UK Due to Crack in Windshield

A plane ferrying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to make an unscheduled landing in the Britain on Wednesday after a crack was identified in the aircraft's cockpit window, per an announcement which stated that the secretary was unharmed.

"The jet landed based on standard protocol and all passengers, including Defense Secretary Hegseth, is unharmed," a press officer stated in a social media post.

Hegseth was returning from a short visit to Brussels at the time.

This incident isn't the first occasion that a American defense plane transporting a senior official has suffered technical problems.

Earlier this year, a American military jet transporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was compelled to turn back to Washington DC after suffering a mechanical problem.