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The Federal Aviation Administration is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (dpa-AFX) - Im Krisenstaat Haiti sind Medienberichten zufolge zwei Passagierflugzeuge von US-Fluglinien angeschossen worden. Eine Spirit-Maschine (Spirit Airlines) aus Florida wurde am Montag ......

A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by gunfire as it was trying to land at Port-au-Prince airport....

US issues new alert after Spirit and JetBlue planes were hit by bullets on Monday amid rampant gang violence....

PORT-AU-PRINCE (dpa-AFX) - Im Krisenstaat Haiti sind Medienberichten zufolge zwei Passagierflugzeuge von US-Fluglinien angeschossen worden. Eine Spirit-Maschine aus Florida wurde am Montag während des Landeanflugs auf den Flughafen Toussaint Louverture ......

Spirit Airlines flight heading from Florida to Port-au-Prince diverted to Dominican Republic after flight attendant was grazed by bullet, amid broader violence in Haiti's capitalHaiti's international airport shut down on Monday after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, prompting some airlines to suspend operations as the country swore in a new interim prime minister who promised to restore peace.The Spirit Airlines flight headed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-Au-Prince was just hundreds of feet from landing in Haiti's capital when gangs shot at the plane, striking a flight attendant who suffered minor injuries, according to the airline, the US embassy and flight tracking data. Continue reading......

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Gunfire Hits Spirit Airlines Jet On Final Approach In Haiti, Crew Wounded A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 commercial jet was peppered with automatic gunfire while on approach to land in Haiti Monday morning, with at least one fight attendant wounded.  Miami Herald reports Spirit Airlines flight 951 departed from Fort Lauderdale early Monday. The commercial jet was on approach to Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince when small arms fire ripped through the cabin.  Flight data via Flightradar24 shows pilots were on a straight-in final approach when they abruptly pulled back on the yoke and went to full power just before touching down. This was likely the moment when the bullets penetrated the cabin. The incident likely occurred around 700 feet altitude.  Here's more from the Miami Herald:  No passenger was injured, but a flight attendant received minor injuries, a Spirit Airlines spokesperson confirmed to the Herald. The spokesperson said that flight 951 from ...

The main international airport in Haiti's capital is closed after the plane is diverted to the Dominican Republic....

Maersk Stops All Booking Acceptance To/From Haiti Effective Immediately...

Maersk Halts All Bookings To Haiti As Gang Violence Shuts Down Major Container Terminal Maersk, one of the world's largest container shipping lines, notified clients on Thursday that "recent social unrest in Haiti" has sparked disruptions at a key port in the failed Caribbean nation, prompting the shipper to suspend all new bookings immediately.  "In the wake of the recent social unrest in Haiti, which is preventing normal operations at the terminal, it has been decided, effective immediately, to stop any new bookings from and to Haiti to prevent the accumulation of boxes at the transshipment terminals," Maersk said.  One day earlier, Reuters reported land access to the main container terminal in Port-au-Prince, called Caribbean Port Services, a privately owned and operated company that handles the majority of the container volume in the country, was closed off due to a surge in attacks by armed gangs.  "CPS will shut its barriers to all types of land-based traffic from Sept. 26 to...