Mullin's Coast Guard plane safely makes emergency landing after engine failure

"The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine," Mullin posted on X. "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."

Published: September 2, 2026 4:28pm

A U.S. Coast Guard C101 plane that carried Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made an emergency landing Wednesday after it suffered an unexpected engine failure.

Mullin was traveling from Georgia to Washington, D.C., when the plane was forced to divert to the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia, according to Fox News

"The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine," Mullin posted on X. "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."

The cause of the engine failure was not immediately clear.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.  

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