A Boeing plane carrying US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made an “unscheduled landing” in the United Kingdom on Wednesday after a crack was detected in the aircraft’s windscreen, the Pentagon spokesperson said on X (formerly Twitter). It added that Hegseth and others onboard returned safely and unharmed.

“On the way back to the United States from NATO ’s Defence Ministers meeting, Secretary of War Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft windshield,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a post on X.

He added, “The plane landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Secretary Hegseth, is safe.”

Hegseth was returning from his visit to Brussels, where he attended defence meetings with NATO allies to d

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