It would have been one of the dumbest plane crashes yet.

If you haven’t been paying attention to aviation news, you might not know that we recently narrowly avoided a major accident. The reason for this near-miss? A kite.

According to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, officers originally became concerned after there were reports of kite-flying near Reagan airport. The agency says that kite-flying is prohibited in the area due to the risk it can pose to low-flying aircraft.

It turns out, that regulation is warranted, as one of these kits made its way all the way up to a plane and hit it. Thankfully, nothing happened, but experts warned that, had the kite been sucked into an engine, it could have caused engine failure. Thank goodness that didn’t happen, I guess.

Trump's air traffic control allows plane to fly straight into a kite in "scary" near crash.

This is no joke—audio reveals the kite was spotted on flight path—but pilot was not given orders to change course.

"The engine could have possibly failed" if the kite had been ingested… pic.twitter.com/hHhrykaoiu

— LongTimeFirstTime‍ (@LongTimeHistory) March 31, 2025