The pilot told air traffic controllers in the Washington area that the airplane had 14 people on board. Mullin said the single-engine landing went smoothly.
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A U.S. Coast Guard plane carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing outside Washington on Wednesday after reporting that one of its engines had failed.
“We just lost our right engine, would like to declare an emergency and immediate landing at DCA,” the pilot told air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport around 1:30 p.m., according to recordings on ATC.com.
The pilot told air traffic controllers that the plane had 14 people on board and 2½ hours’ worth of fuel.
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After the incident, Mullin said on X that the pilots had made the single-engine landing feel routine.
“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,” he wrote.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.
