Plane carrying U.S. secretary suffers engine failure
A Gulfstream V aircraft carrying U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin landed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington after an engine failure.
This was reported by Reuters.
During the flight from Atlanta to the Washington area, the aircraft's right engine failed. The pilot declared an emergency and requested permission to land. The plane touched down at around 1:35 p.m. U.S. Eastern time (9:35 p.m. Baku time). There were 14 people on board, none of whom were injured.
After landing, Mullin said that the U.S. Coast Guard pilots professionally carried out the landing on a single engine. "No panic, just flawless professionalism," the secretary wrote on the social network X. According to him, after landing the pilots told him that it was their first such experience.
Reuters notes that the Gulfstream V aircraft has been in operation since 2002 and is based at Washington Air Base.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declined to comment and referred questions to the Coast Guard, which did not immediately respond to the agency's request.
