Jet Carrying Pete Hegseth Required to Land in UK Due to Crack in Cockpit Window

A plane ferrying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to make an unplanned landing in the United Kingdom on Wednesday after a crack was discovered in the aircraft's cockpit window, according to an official statement which verified that the secretary was unharmed.

"The aircraft landed following standard procedures and all individuals on the flight, among them Defense Secretary Hegseth, is secure," an official representative said in a online announcement.

He was traveling back from a brief trip to Brussels at the time.

This incident isn't the first occasion that a American defense plane transporting a top government figure has encountered mechanical issues.

Earlier this year, a American military jet carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the German city of Munich was forced to turn back to Washington after experiencing a mechanical problem.