Due To Unusual Noise, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's Plane Makes Emergency Landing

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris. (Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore)

JAKARTA - The plane carrying the United States Vice President Kamala Harris was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical problems, canceling her first overseas visit on Sunday, June 6 local time.

The plane was said to have encountered a technical problem and returned to Joint Airbase Andrews without any safety concerns, Vice President Kamala Harris said.

"Due to a technical issue with the Vice President's plane, we will return to Joint Base Andrews shortly, where the Vice President will change planes, and then continue, there are no major safety concerns," spokeswoman Symone Sanders said in a statement.

Shortly after the incident, the Air Force Two plane carrying Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Joint Base Andrews safely and without problems.

Citing CNN, one of the journalists on board Air Force Two reported that there was an unusual noise coming from the landing gear as we took off but that landing back at Joint Base Andrews was completely normal.

Sanders said Vice President Harris would change planes to continue his journey. And, at around 4:19 p.m. local time, Vice President Harris continued on another plane, two hours ahead of the original schedule.

Originally, Vice President Harris would fly to Guatemala, to be followed by a visit to Mexico amid pressure to stem the flow of immigrants to the United States.

US Customs and Border Protection data in April recorded more than 178,000 migrants, 44 percent of whom were from Central America.

It's worth noting that Sunday's technical issues weren't the first time a plane problem had disrupted Harris' travel plans. Her plane experienced mechanical problems en route to California in March.