A kite reportedly made contact with a United Airlines flight Saturday as the plane was approaching Reagan National Airport (DCA), the airline said. In a statement to DC News Now, United Airlines said it is aware of reports that a kite struck United Flight 654,

When senators grilled the Federal Aviation Administration last week about how the agency could have let the high number of close calls between helicopters and commercial jetliners occur at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,

ARLINGTON, Va. — United Airlines said that a kite may have hit one of its planes that was landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The airline said that the kite hit United Flight 654, which was en route from Houston on Saturday afternoon. The plane was not damaged and the flight landed without an issue.