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A US Air Force aircraft carrying the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, was forced to make an unexpected detour to the UK due to a mid-air emergency. ‌

Roughly 30 minutes into its journey from Brussels to Washington, the Boeing C-32A began transmitting a " 7700 squawk code " on its transponder, a signal used to indicate a general emergency onboard. According to aviation news network Airlive, the plane experienced a "depressurisation issue", necessitating a descent to 10,000 feet whilst over the Atlantic. ‌

Hegseth had been in the Belgian capital for discussions at NATO headquarters, where he announced that "firepower" was heading to Ukraine via the allies' acquisition of US weaponry, reports the Mirror . ‌

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell later confirmed on

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