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.

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.

If the kite had actually made contact with the airplane, we would know it,” commercial pilot and instructor Captain Robert Katz said. “The kite would have been destroyed an