A United States Air Force Boeing C-32A military transport aircraft carrying the American Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth back from a NATO meeting in Belgium was forced to divert to the UK yesterday. The plane, which is a modified version of the 757-200, ended up landing at a military base in Suffolk after a cracked windshield prompted it to turn around while flying to the west, just beyond Ireland.

The jet, which issued the squawk code of 7700 to indicate the urgent nature of its diversion, also descended to a lower altitude, likely in order to avoid pressurization issues that may have occurred as a result of the incident. It landed safely yesterday evening, and remains on the ground in the UK .

Hegseth's Unplanned UK Stopover

According to the BBC, Hegseth had been in Belgiu

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