Plane Transporting US Defense Secretary Required to Land in UK Because of Crack in Windshield

A jet ferrying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was required to make an unplanned landing in the Britain on Wednesday due to a fissure was found in the plane's windshield, per an official statement which verified that the secretary was unharmed.

"The aircraft landed following standard procedures and everyone onboard, such as Secretary Hegseth, is unharmed," a spokesperson said in a public statement.

The secretary was coming back from a brief trip to Brussels during the flight.

This event does not mark the first time that a US military aircraft transporting a senior official has encountered equipment failures.

In a previous incident this year, a American military jet carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was forced to return to Washington after suffering a mechanical fault.