The plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing at a joint U.K.-U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom after the plane’s windscreen cracked.
The secretary was traveling back to the United States from Brussels at the time of the incident. He had attended a NATO meeting with allies to discuss members meeting their financial commitment and support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X that the “unscheduled landing” was “based on standard procedures.”
All aboard the plane are safe, he said. It was unclear what cracked the windscreen….
Cracked Windscreen Forces Plane Carrying Hegseth to Make Emergency Landing
