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.
“We just lost our right engine. We’d like to declare an emergency and [request] immediate landing at DCA,” the pilot radioed to aircraft control.
'We have 14 souls on board and two and a half hours of fuel'
A U.S. Coast Guard jet carrying Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing with only one working engine at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
No injuries were reported after the plane landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
"The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, just straight professionalism," Mullin said on X.