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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the U.K. on Oct. 15

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the diversion was due to a crack found in the windshield of the aircraft

Parnell also confirmed that Hegseth “is safe” following the incident, which occurred while Hegseth was on his way back to the U.S. from NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting in Belgium

A plane carrying Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing in the United Kingdom after a crack was found in the aircraft’s windshield.

“On the way back to the United States from NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting, Secretary of War Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft windshield,” Chief Pentagon spokesman Se

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