Plane carrying Trump's DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin forced into emergency landing

Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter - your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 19:45 EDT, 2 September 2026 | Updated: 19:52 EDT, 2 September 2026 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 Authority Fire and Rescue personnel then proceeded off the runway' according to a statement by the airport. Mullin thanked the pilots who helped land the plane safely on social media. 'The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine,' Mullin posted on X. 'No panic, just straight professionalism. After we landed, the pilots told me that was a first for them! We could not have been in better hands.' When reached by The Daily Mail for comment, the Department of Homeland Security referred us to Mullin's tweet. 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 Under the stewardship of Kristi Noem, DHS warned that the aircraft being used becoming old and obsoleteThe jet used was a C-37A, a military version of a Gulfstream V jet, one used typically to ferry DHS officials, as well as Coast Guard personnel, who are under DHS oversight.Under the stewardship of Kristi Noem, DHS warned that the aircraft being used becoming old and obsolete. 'The current CG-101 G550 is over 20 years old, outside of Gulfstream’s service life, and well beyond operational usage hours for a corporate aircraft. This is a matter of safety,' former spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said last year. 'Much like the US Coast Guard’s ships that are well beyond their service life and safe operational usage, Coast Guard’s aircraft are, too. The Trump Administration is taking action to restore our Nation’s finest maritime Armed Service to a capable fighting force.'At the time, they claimed the guard have only two Long-Range Command and Control Aircraft to provide safe and reliable air transportation and communications capability for key leadership within DHS and the Coast Guard.