Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sits at a meeting with Saudi Arabia Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud. [Credit: Department of Defense/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza]
Key Takeaways:
An airplane carrying U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an emergency landing in the U.K.
The unscheduled landing was caused by a crack in the aircraft's windshield.
Secretary Hegseth and all other passengers and crew were reported safe following the landing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall.
The incident occurred as the plane was returning to the U.S. from a NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels.
An airplane carrying U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an emergency landing in the U.K. on Wednesday due to a crack in its windshield.
In a post on X, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the secretary’s airplane made an “unscheduled landing” on the way back to the U.S. from a NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels.
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Zach Vasile is a writer and editor covering news in all aspects of aviation. He has reported for and contributed to the Manchester Journal Inquirer, the Hartford Business Journal, the Charlotte Observer, and the Washington Examiner, with his area of focus being the intersection of business and government policy.
