A United Airlines flight hit a kite while landing at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Saturday afternoon — months after a deadly collision at the same airport killed 67 people. The pilot aboard United Flight 654 from Houston to DCA can be heard over air traffic radio providing details about the kite — which was spotted from the cockpit,

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

Officials confirm that a kite reportedly struck a United Airlines flight from Houston to Washington D.C. while it was attempting to land on Saturday afternoon.

The Delta aircraft received an “onboard alert” that another aircraft was nearby, and air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft, according to the FAA.

In January, an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter collided near the same airport, killing more than 60 people.

A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation’s capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.