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A Boeing C-32A aircraft carrying US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made an
unscheduled landing at RAF Mildenhall, a British air base, on Wednesday
evening. The cause was a crack in one of the cockpit windows.
 
The aircraft, registration 98-0002, departed from Brussels Airport around 5:00
PM local time en route to the United States. Shortly after the aircraft was
over the Atlantic Ocean, a crack developed in one of the cockpit windows. The
crew then decided to return.
 
The pilots transmitted an emergency alert, after which the C-32A (a military
variant of the Boeing 757) descended to an altitude of 10,000 feet. The
aircraft ultimately landed without further incident at RAF Mildenhall, an air
base regularly used by US military aircraft.
 
Minister Hegseth had visited Brussels earlier this week for a two-day NATO
meeting attended by several defense ministers.

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