A plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth back to the United States from a NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium had to make an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft’s windshield.
Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs, Chief Pentagon Spokesman & Senior Advisor to SECWAR., posted on X that the plane landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Secretary Hegseth is safe.
Hegseth was in Brussels for meetings with NATO defense ministers and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
A plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegsethwas forced to make an emergency landing in the United Kingdom Wednesday due to a crack in its windshield, officials said.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote on social media that on the way back to the U.S. after NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting in Belgium, the plane made an “unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom” because of a crack in the aircraft’s windshield — also known as a windscreen
The airplane landed based on standard procedures, and all of the passengers on board, including Hegseth, were safe, Parnell added.
“All good. Thank God,” Hegseth wrote on X. “Continue mission!
