WASHINGTON: A plane carrying US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing in Britain on Wednesday due to a crack in the aircraft’s windshield.
Hegseth was returning to the United States from a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels when his plane made the unscheduled landing at an unnamed airport in Britain, a spokesperson said.
“The plane landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Secretary Hegseth, is safe,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on social media.
“All good. Thank God. Continue mission!” Hegseth posted in reply.
At the NATO meeting, Hegseth called for member countries to contribute more military aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
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US defense secretary’s plane makes emergency landing in UK
- Hegseth was returning to Washington from a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels
Italy scouts gas supplies from US, Africa and Azerbaijan after Qatar force majeure, minister says
- QatarEnergy declared force majeure this week
- Rome is not alarmed about securing replacement volumes
ROME: Italy is looking at alternative sources of natural gas, including US liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline supplies from Africa and Azerbaijan, to make up for loss of deliveries from Qatar due to the conflict in the Middle East, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin told a newspaper on Friday.
QatarEnergy declared force majeure this week and informed Italian utility Edison on Thursday that it would not be able to fulfil its contractual obligations concerning five liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo deliveries scheduled to arrive in early April.
Rome is not alarmed about securing replacement volumes, since Qatar supplies only about 9 percent of Italy’s annual gas consumption, Pichetto Fratin told Il Messaggero pointing to several options, such as US LNG, “if it is available.”
Pipeline gas from Libya is another option, although “technical conditions must be created,” he said.
Additional flows could come from Mozambique or Algeria, and from Azerbaijan through the TAP pipeline, Pichetto Fratin added.
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