close
close

Apre-salomemanzo

Breaking: Beyond Headlines!

FAA bans US flights to Haiti for 30 days after planes hit by gunfire
aecifo

FAA bans US flights to Haiti for 30 days after planes hit by gunfire

The Federal Aviation Administration has banned U.S. flights to Haiti for 30 days following Monday’s shooting incidents, according to a notice to the air mission issued Tuesday.

“US civil aviation operations in the territory and airspace of Haiti below 10,000 feet” will be prohibited, according to the FAA.

The move comes after a Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti was diverted after being hijacked. was hit by gunfire while trying to land in Port-au-Prince, according to the Haitian National Civil Aviation Office.

A police officer patrols in front of Toussaint Louverture International Airport after the suspension of airline flights, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 25, 2024.

Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters

The plane was hit by gunfire four times as it tried to land at Touissant Louverture airport in the capital Port-au-Prince, OFNAC said.

The Spirit Airlines plane “diverted and landed safely in Santiago, Dominican Republic,” Spirit Airlines said in a statement Monday, adding that no passengers reported injuries and an agent The flight attendant reported unspecified “minor injuries” and was being medically evaluated.

The plane came within 550 feet of the runway before aborting its landing and diverting toward the Dominican Republic, according to data from FlightRadar24.

Stock image of the Spirit Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.

STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock

The FAA confirmed in a statement Monday that the Spirit Airlines plane landed safely in the Dominican Republic “after the plane was reportedly damaged by gunfire while attempting to land” at the Port Airport. -au-Prince.

On Monday, a JetBlue flight from Haiti to New York City was also hit by a bullet, the airline said in a statement to ABC News. JetBlue announced it would suspend all flights to and from Haiti until December 2 due to civil unrest in the country.

ABC News’ Aicha El Hammar Castano contributed to this report.