Kite confiscated after apparently hitting United plane in Washington area
A kite appears to have hit a passenger jet as it flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, United Airlines said.
A kite appears to have hit a passenger jet as it flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, United Airlines said.
The airline said it was aware of reports that a kite hit United Flight 654, and that the flight from Houston landed safely.
"Customers deplaned normally," it said, "and upon inspection there was no damage to the aircraft."
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department, which patrols Reagan National and Dulles International Airport, said a kite was "briefly confiscated" from someone in Gravelly Point because it was flying in restricted airspace.
"Kite-flying is prohibited at Gravelly Point due to low-flying aircraft landing at DCA," the department said in a statement.
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