USA. The kite collided with the United Airlines aircraft landing in Washington

A passenger plane approaching landing at the Washington airport collided with a kite. As the United Airlines lines, which the machine took part in the event, none of the passengers suffered as a result of the incident, and the pilots landed without major problems.

The United Airlines aircraft collided with a kite when he approached landing at the airport. Ronald Reagan in Washington, one of the three main airports in the American capital. The incident occurred on Saturday, around 4pm local time. The pilots informed the flight control tower of everything. According to their account, the kite was about 30 meters (100 feet) above the ground, above the Gravelly Point park.

United lines referred to the case in a statement sent to the CBS News station. As they said, Lot 654 in question landed safely, and none of its 126 passengers was injured. Subsequent aircraft control did not show damage to the machine.

Collision of a kite and aircraft

The witness of the incident that CBS News talked to reported that he initially thought that the proximity of the kite and the plane was only a matter of perspective. After a while, he saw that both of them actually collided with each other. Another man who reached NBC News mentioned that the kite who hit the United Airlines machine was not one that was played on Saturday afternoon in Gravelly Point. However, he lifted much higher than the other toys and hit the plane on the wing between the engine and the fuselage.

According to the witness's account, the services quickly arrived. The officers began to talk to the family to which the kite belonged – the man added. According to the spokeswoman for the local police Emily McGee, the kite was temporarily requisitioned, but eventually he was returned to the owners. Although the use of similar toys is prohibited in the park due to the proximity of the airport, the family was not charged.