Jet Carrying US Defense Secretary Required to Touch Down in UK Due to Crack in Windshield

A jet ferrying the US defense secretary was compelled to make an emergency landing in the Britain on Wednesday after a crack was discovered in the aircraft's cockpit window, according to an official statement which verified that all passengers were secure.

"The aircraft landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, among them Defense Secretary Hegseth, is safe," a spokesperson said in a online announcement.

The secretary was coming back from a quick journey to the Belgian capital at the time.

This incident isn't the initial instance that a American defense plane transporting a high-ranking official has experienced technical problems.

In a previous incident this year, a American military jet ferrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was compelled to head back to Washington DC after suffering a technical issue.