The Coast Guard aircraft landed safely near Washington after its right engine failed. All 14 people aboard were safe.
A U.S. Coast Guard jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after its right engine failed during flight.
Mullin, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, said all 14 people aboard landed safely.
“The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine,” Mullin wrote on X. “No panic, just straight professionalism.”
The pilot declared an emergency and requested an immediate landing after reporting the engine failure, according to air traffic control audio.
Airport fire and rescue personnel inspected the aircraft after it landed before it proceeded off the runway.
Aircraft entered service in 2002
The aircraft was a C-37A, the military designation for a Gulfstream V jet. The Coast Guard placed it in service on May 11, 2002, and stationed it at Air Station Washington.
The Coast Guard announced a purchase of replacement command-and-control aircraft in October 2025. At the time, the service said its long-range command-and-control fleet had experienced 30 days of unplanned maintenance and six mission cancellations since January 2025.
No information released Wednesday connected the engine failure to the aircraft’s age or the fleet’s previously reported maintenance problems. The underlying cause of the failure had not been announced.
