A United flight crashed with a kite when it tried to land on Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the latest aircraft incident at Virgina airport.
United Airlines flight 654 from Houston tried to land before the tensions rose when a nearby kite flew straight to the escape path. '
'[The kite] Was over the park. About 100 feet on the ground. It seemed that it is exactly on the flight route … ', said Air Traffic Control Communications with the pilots of the flight.
The police responded to reports of a kite that flew on Grappel Point, which is forbidden in that area because of the dangers that it is for a low -flying plane, according to ABC 13.
Fortunately, the plane landed safely and no injuries or damage to the plane had been reported, United said in a statement to the outlet.
“We are aware of reports that a kite of UA flight 654 has hit Houston to Reagan Airport in Washington DC,” said the statement.
“The plane landed safely, customers experienced normally and during inspection there was no damage to the plane.”
Authorities say that the kite was sent back to his owner shortly after he was seized by officers. No costs were submitted.
United Airlines Flight 654 tried to land from Houston at Virginia airport before the tensions rose when a nearby kite 'right in the escape path' flew '
Reagan National Airport is confronted with control after the death of 67 people in January after a flight from the American Airlines collided with a Black Hawk helicopter
“We are aware of reports that a kite UA flight 654 has beaten from Houston to Reagan Airport in Washington DC,” United said in a statement. 'The plane landed safely, customers experienced normally and during inspection there was no damage to the plane'
On Friday, a Delta passenger flight who left Reagan National was diverted to prevent a possible collision with a group of air force rays.
As of earlier this week, the airport was examined after a physical argument between two tower controllers in service after a blazing argument led one to beat the other.
By the time the fighting colleagues were separated on Thursday, according to our Insider blood was splashed over a control console.
The tower would probably have had a supervisor and at least six or seven controllers who send air traffic at the time.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the shocking incident.
“I heard that controllers went on in the parking lot, but this was at a whole new level,” the source told DailyMail.com.
“That facility got out of hand. People crack because of what happened in January. '
A FAA spokesperson said they “were investigating the case.”
The same airport saw one of the deadliest crashes in January in January after 64 passengers on board a flight of American Airlines collided with a Black Hawk -Helicopter.
Noodenenities respond after a passenger plane collided on January 30 with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport
At that time, there was only one controller who achieved traffic for both helicopters and aircraft that was normally treated by two people-due to staff shortages at the airport of the DC area, one of the busiest in the country.
'The people who worked in that tower had to sit and see how bodies were pulled out of the river. There was no way you couldn't see it, “added the source.
'Leadership has not given these people sufficient support. They never really sent professionals to ensure that these people were mentally in order. '
Researchers from the National Transportation Safety Board still have to release their final report in the tragedy of January 29, which means that the investigation can take up to one year.
But a provisional report emphasized the dangers of commercial flights and helicopters that work in the vicinity of each other above the capital of the nation.
Dailey Crafton, the brother of Casey Crafton, one of the victims of the crash, said before the hearing on Thursday that he wants civil servants to urgently use the dangerously busy skies in the vicinity of Reagan National Airport.
“There have been so many people, and it took this crash for everyone to wake up and do something about it,” he told USA Today.
The tensions around the air travel have increased as more stories about accidents in the air come to light and President Donald Trump blamed the January of January the 'dei' who took on the FAA.
Trump issues a presidential memo that prohibits the supervisor from taking diversity, fairness and about competence.
