A kite appears to have hit a passenger jet as it flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, United Airlines said.

Police confiscate child’s kite after collision with United Airlines plane as it lands at Washington DC airport - Federal regulations prohibit kite-flying near an airport ...

While the incident may seem harmless, the amount of harm the kite could have caused to the aircraft entirely depends on the ...

A United flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said kite-flying is not allowed at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia, as it poses a risk to planes landing at DCA.

Oakes said he also watched as Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority officers confiscated the kite from a family in the Arlington park. WMAA said they later returned the kite. "Airports Authority ...

WASHINGTON (WKRC) - A United Airlines flight encountered an unexpected obstacle while landing at an airport on Saturday: a kite. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 operating as Flight 654 from Houston ...