A United Airlines aircraft supposedly reached a kite while it was trying to land at Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Saturday mid-day, the airline company verified in a declaration to Fox News Digital.
“We are aware of reports that a kite struck UA flight 654 from Houston to Reagan Airport in Washington D.C.,” the declaration checked out.
“The aircraft landed safely, customers deplaned normally and upon inspection there was no damage to the aircraft.”
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) likewise verified the event to Fox News Digital and shared information of what taken place.
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United Airlines guest airplane are aligned at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on May 11, 2024. ( CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP using Getty Images)
“Police officers responded to reports of kite-flying at Gravely Point yesterday, an activity which is not allowed in that area due to the danger to low-flying aircraft,” the declaration checked out.
Gravelly Point is a park in Arlington, Virginia, situated north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along the George Washington Parkway, and throughout the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. It is just a “few hundred feet away” from the path at DCA, according to the park’s website.
The firm stated policemans advised some people concerning flying kites and “briefly confiscated a kite.”
“That kite was returned to its owner shortly later and no charges were filed,” the firm stated.
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United Airlines Boeing 777-200 vast body airplane as seen cabbing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the direction of the separation path for a trip to Houston IAH airport terminal in the United States of America. ((Photo by Nicolas Economou/ NurPhoto using Getty Images))
The MWAA included that they can not validate whether a kite struck the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) informed Fox News Digital that “they have not been made aware of any such incident.”
While it has actually not yet been identified if the kite in fact struck the aircraft, Captain Robert Katz, a proficient industrial pilot and trip teacher for 43 years, told WUSA9 that he does not think the kite reached the aircraft on Saturday mid-day.
“If the kite had actually made contact with the airplane, we would know it,” Captain Katz informed the electrical outlet. “The kite would have been destroyed and possibly the airplane as well, although not likely.”
Katz likewise stated that he thinks whoever was flying the kite had actually been purposefully careless.
“That to me is incredibly irresponsible, and it’s going to be a real stretch for someone to claim they don’t know,” Katz described.
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A basic sight of Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Thursday, January 30, 2025. An American Airlines trip from Wichita, Kansas rammed a Black Hawk helicopter while coming close to the airport terminal for touchdown last evening. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Katz included that in his 43-year-lomg job, he had actually never ever become aware of a kite striking an aircraft prior to. He did state that industrial trip disturbance from the ground occurs often, however mainly from individuals beaming lasers at airplanes.
This most current event comes a day after a Delta Air Lines aircraft almost collapsed midair with a T-38 Air Force jet near DCA.
Delta Air Lines Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 headed to Minneapolis-St Paul (MSP) when 4 united state Air Force T-38 Talons were incoming to Arlington National Cemetery for an overpass on March 28, according to the FAA and UNITED STATE Air Force.
The FAA stated the Delta aircraft got an “onboard alert” that an additional airplane neighbored, and air website traffic controllers released restorative guidelines to both airplane.
The NTSB stated it knew “a loss of separation” in between Delta trip 2983 and various other airplane, quickly after launch from DCA.
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“We are currently collecting information, but have not yet launched an investigation,” an NTSB agent formerly informed Fox News Digital.
Both cases come months after the lethalJan 29 crash when an Army helicopter and an American Airlines aircraft clashed near Reagan National Airport beyond Washington, D.C.
All 67 individuals were eliminated, that included 60 guests and 4 staff participants aboard the American Airlines trip and 3 soldiers aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch added to this record.
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