2026年9月2日 / 美国东部时间下午3:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：妮可·斯甘加
妮可·斯甘加 国土安全与司法通讯员
妮可·斯甘加是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的国土安全与司法通讯员，总部位于华盛顿特区，为所有节目和平台供稿。
华盛顿讯——一架载有国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦及其他多名国土安全部高级官员的海岸警卫队喷气式飞机周三下午在华盛顿特区郊外因一台发动机故障紧急迫降。
这架C-37A型飞机的飞行员向罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场的空中交通管制员报告了发动机失效情况。
根据通话录音，飞行员对机场塔台表示：“我们刚刚失去了右发动机，请求宣布紧急状态，立即在里根国家机场降落。”飞行员告知管制员，机上共有14人，剩余燃油可供飞行2.5小时。
C-37A型飞机是湾流V型喷气式飞机的军用版本，通常用于搭载海岸警卫队和国土安全部高级官员，包括部长本人。国土安全部负责监管海岸警卫队。
马伦在X平台的发帖中证实了此次紧急迫降，他写道：“美国海岸警卫队的飞行员让单发着陆显得轻而易举。没有慌乱，只有纯粹的专业素养。”
“着陆后，飞行员告诉我这是他们第一次遇到这种情况！我们再放心不过了，”他补充道。
机场在一份声明中表示，飞机“安全着陆后，机场管理局消防和救援人员对其进行了全面检查，随后飞机驶离跑道”。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系国土安全部请其就此次紧急迫降置评。海岸警卫队建议记者联系国土安全部。
该部门此前曾就机队老化问题发出过警告。去年，国土安全部在一份声明中表示，这架海岸警卫队飞机“已有22年机龄，面临航电设备和通信系统严重过时的问题”。
该部门2025财年支出计划申请约5000万美元，用于更换用于接送高级官员的老化海岸警卫队专机。这一申请遭到国会议员的审视，包括伊利诺伊州民主党众议员劳伦·安德伍德，她在拨款听证会上就这一拟议采购向海岸警卫队领导层提出了质疑。
在2025年5月20日的参议院听证会上，时任部长克里斯蒂·诺姆为这一申请辩护，称现有喷气式飞机的服役时间“已超出其可用年限”。
几天后，密西西比州民主党众议员本尼·汤普森和新泽西州民主党众议员拉莫妮卡·麦基弗就为何更换专机应优先于更新海岸警卫队搜救老旧飞机一事，向国土安全部提出质疑。
到2025年10月，海岸警卫队将采购申请从拟购买1架专机的5000万美元调整为购买2架全新湾流G700，总价约2亿美元，这引发了更多国会议员的审视。
Coast Guard plane carrying Markwayne Mullin makes emergency landing after engine failure
September 2, 2026 / 3:40 PM EDT / CBS News
By Nicole Sganga
Nicole Sganga Homeland Security and Justice Correspondent
Nicole Sganga is CBS News’ homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms.
Washington— A Coast Guard jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and other top DHS officials made an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon outside Washington, D.C., after one of its engines failed.
The pilot of the plane, a C-37A, reported the loss of an engine to air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
“We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency and immediate landing at DCA,” the pilot told the airport’s control tower, according to an audio recording of the communication. The pilot told controllers the plane had 14 people on board and 2.5 hours’ worth of fuel.
The C-37A is the military version of a Gulfstream V jet and is routinely used to carry senior Coast Guard and DHS officials, including the secretary. DHS oversees the Coast Guard.
Mullin confirmed the emergency landing in a post on X, writing that “The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. 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,” he added.
The airport said in a statement that the plane “landed safely, was thoroughly checked by Airports Authority Fire and Rescue personnel then proceeded off the runway.”
CBS News has reached out to the DHS for comment about the emergency landing. The Coast Guard referred CBS News to DHS.
The department has raised concerns about the aging aircraft in the past. Last year, DHS said in a statement that the Coast Guard plane was “22 years old and faces significant avionics and communications obsolescence issues.”
The department’s fiscal year 2025 spending plan sought roughly $50 million to replace its aging Coast Guard executive jet used to transport senior officials. The request drew scrutiny from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois, who questioned Coast Guard leadership about the proposed purchase during an appropriations hearing.
During a May 20 Senate hearing, then-Secretary Kristi Noem defended her request, saying the existing jet had been in service “beyond its usable hours.”
Days later, Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and LaMonica McIver of New Jersey questioned DHS about why replacing its executive aircraft should take priority over updating older Coast Guard planes used in search-and-rescue missions.
By October 2025, the Coast Guard shifted its request from a proposed $50 million to two new Gulfstream G700s for roughly $200 million, prompting more scrutiny from members of Congress.
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