Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on social media that on the way back to the U.S. from NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting, Hegseth’s "plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft windshield."

The U.S. has carried out several strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the area since September that has killed dozens.

The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in international waters against a suspected drug vessel, killing three alleged terrorists, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said.