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 ...

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 ...

Officers with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department received reports on Saturday of a kite flying at Gravelly Point, a park just north of an airport runway, Emily McGee ...

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.

"We are aware of reports that a kite struck UA flight 654 from Houston to Reagan Airport in Washington D.C.," the statement read. "The aircraft landed safely, customers deplaned normally and upon ...

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 ...