The United flight landed with no issues, the airline said. Police said they briefly confiscated a kite from Gravelly Point, where flying kites is prohibited because of low-flying aircraft.

The aircraft, a Boeing 737 operating as Flight 654 from Houston, reportedly struck a kite flying over a park located near Washington Reagan National Airport, CBS News reported. According to Air Traffic Control audio, the pilots noted the kite was "about 100 feet over the ground" and directly on the flight path before the plane hit the kite.

A United flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday.