Plane Carrying US Defense Secretary Required to Land in UK Due to Crack in Cockpit Window

A plane transporting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to make an unscheduled landing in the UK on Wednesday after a crack was found in the jet's front window, according to an official announcement which verified that the secretary was unharmed.

"The aircraft landed following standard protocol and all individuals on the flight, including Secretary Hegseth, is safe," an official representative stated in a online announcement.

The secretary was coming back from a brief trip to Brussels during the flight.

This event isn't the first occasion that a American defense plane transporting a top government figure has experienced mechanical issues.

In a previous incident this year, a American military jet carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was forced to turn back to the US capital after suffering a mechanical fault.