Mullin's Coast Guard Jet Lands on One Engine
Mullin's Coast Guard Jet Lands on One Engine
The News
A Coast Guard jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday after one of its engines failed in flight.
The aircraft, a C-37A — the military version of the Gulfstream V — was flying from Georgia to Washington with 14 people on board, including other senior DHS officials. It carried 2.5 hours of fuel.
Nobody was hurt. The pilot declared an emergency and asked for an immediate landing at DCA, and the crew brought the plane down on its remaining engine.
Timeline
The C-37A departs Georgia bound for Washington with Mullin and 13 others aboard.
One engine fails. The pilot declares an emergency and requests an immediate landing at Reagan National.
The plane lands safely at DCA. Mullin posts an account of the landing on X.
Reuters, CBS News, Fox News and others confirm the emergency landing. The Coast Guard refers questions to DHS.
Reactions
Mullin praised the crew in a post on X: "The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, just straight professionalism."
He added that the pilots told him afterward it was a first for them, and said, "We could not have been in better hands."
DHS did not respond to requests for comment. The Coast Guard directed questions to the department.
What's Next
What caused the engine to fail has not been disclosed, and DHS has not said whether the aircraft will be grounded pending an examination.
The bigger question is money. The incident lands in the middle of a long-running fight over replacing the department's executive aircraft — one Congress will have to settle.
More
DHS flagged this class of aircraft last year, describing it as 22 years old with significant obsolescence problems.
A $50 million replacement request in fiscal year 2025 grew into a proposal of roughly $200 million for two Gulfstream G700s by October 2025.
Democratic lawmakers have questioned why replacing executive jets was prioritized over older Coast Guard search-and-rescue aircraft.
Poll
Should Congress fund $200 million for two new DHS executive jets?
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