đź”— Share this article Plane Carrying Pete Hegseth Required to Land in UK Due to Crack in Cockpit Window A plane transporting Pete Hegseth was forced to make an unplanned landing in the UK on Wednesday due to a fissure was discovered in the jet's front window, per an official announcement which stated that Hegseth was safe. "The plane landed based on established safety measures and all individuals on the flight, including Secretary Hegseth, is secure," an official representative stated in a online announcement. The secretary was coming back from a short visit to Brussels when the incident occurred. This occurrence isn't the initial instance that a US military aircraft transporting a high-ranking official has encountered technical problems. In a previous incident this year, a American military jet transporting Marco Rubio to the city in Germany was forced to turn back to the US capital after encountering a technical issue.