A US Coast Guard jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing in Washington after one of its engines failed.
In an air traffic control recording shared by Mullin, one of the Coast Guard pilots calmly reports an engine failure, declares an emergency and requests immediate landing at Washington´s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
‘We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency and immediate landing at DCA,’ the pilot said, adding that it had 14 people on board and two and a half hours worth of fuel.
The plane ‘landed safely, was thoroughly checked by Airports
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