Editing Kite (section)

==General safety issues==
[[File:Man flying kite.jpg|thumb|A man flying a kite on the [[beach]], a good location for flying as winds travelling across the sea contain few [[turbulence|up or down draughts]] which cause kites to fly erratically]]

There are safety issues involved in kite-flying. Kite lines can strike and tangle on electrical power lines, causing power blackouts and running the risk of electrocuting the kite flier. Wet kite lines or wire can act as a conductor for static electricity and lightning when the weather is stormy. Kites with large surface area or powerful lift can lift kite fliers off the ground or drag them into other objects. In urban areas there is usually a ceiling on how high a kite can be flown, to prevent the kite and line infringing on the airspace of helicopters and light aircraft.  It is also possible for fighter kites to kill people, as happened in India when three spectators were killed in separate incidents during Independence Day, August, 2016—precipitating a ban on certain types of enhanced line.

The government of Egypt banned kite-flying in [[2020 in Egypt|July 2020]], seizing 369 kites in Cairo and 99 in Alexandria, citing both safety and national security concerns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt grounds kites for 'safety', 'national security' |url=https://news.yahoo.com/egypt-grounds-kites-safety-national-security-160711929.html |website=news.yahoo.com |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref>