{"id":3424,"date":"2026-09-03T06:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:08:04","slug":"plane-carrying-dhs-secretary-makes-emergency-landing-at-dca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3424","title":{"rendered":"Plane Carrying DHS Secretary Makes Emergency Landing at DCA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Coast Guard airplane carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday afternoon after an engine failure.<\/p>

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The pilot told DCA\u2019s control tower the plane lost its right engine and had 14 people on board, according to a recording of air traffic control audio. The plane, a Gulfstream jet, landed safely around 1:35 p.m. and did not cause disruption to any other flights, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson Crystal Nosal said in an email.<\/p>\n

Mullin said in a post on social media<\/u><\/span> that he was one of the people aboard. The plane is frequently used to transport the secretary and high-ranking members of the Coast Guard.<\/p>

\u201cThe United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, just straight professionalism,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAfter we landed, the pilots told me that was a first for them! We could not have been in better hands.\u201d<\/p>

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