US War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane makes unscheduled landing in UK due to windshield crack

An aircraft carrying US War Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom on Wednesday afternoon due to a reported crack in the plane’s windshield, Pentagon official confirmed.

Parnell said, “On the way back to the U.S. from NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting, Secretary Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft windshield.”

He added that the landing was conducted according to standard procedures and that everyone on board, including Hegseth, remained safe.

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Hegseth took to X (formerly Twitter) to reassure the public, writing, “All good. Thank God. Continue mission!”

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