A plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio bound for Munich, Germany, was forced to return to Maryland late Thursday night due to a "mechanical issue," officials said. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement the plane returned to Joint Base Andrews outside Washington,

A U.S. Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich was forced to turn around over the Atlantic on Thursday night after a crack was discovered in the cockpit windshield, a U.S. official told Reuters.

A U.S. Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich was forced to return to Washington on Thursday after experiencing a mechanical problem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.