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November 12, 2024
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A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by gunfire while trying to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a flight attendant was injured (Pictures: Reuters/X/@_01 Katarina)
A Spirit Airways airplane was struck by gunfire whereas making an attempt to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a flight attendant was injured (Footage: Reuters/X/@_01 Katarina)

A Spirit Airways airplane diverted touchdown in Haiti after being struck by gunfire that wounded a flight attendant.

Flight 951 departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, round 9am on Friday for Toussaint Louverture Worldwide Airport in Port-au-Prince, in line with FlightAware. 

Gangs reportedly opened hearth on the Spirit airplane as Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime entered workplace with a promise of boosting safety within the embattled nation.

Spirit confirmed that one among its aircrafts was hit and re-routed to the Dominican Republic. It landed safely at Cibao Worldwide Airport in Santiago shortly after 12.30pm.


A Spirit-Airlines flight was was struck by gunfire Monday while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The aircraft, which left from Fort Lauderdale, was diverted to an airport in the Dominican Republic where it landed safely, sources told the Miami Herald. At least one person, a flight attendant, was grazed by a bullet, a source said. A spokesperson for Spirit Airlines did not respond to a Herald request for comment. The incident forced the airport authority at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti?s capital to ground all commercial flights. Flight tracking showed both Jetblue Airways and Amerijet Cargo planes turning away from Haiti. The incident marks the second time in the last few weeks that an aircraft traveling over Port-au-Prince airspace was struck by gunfire from armed gangs. Last month, a United Nations helicopter was struck by gang gunfire and forced to return to the airport. No one was injured. The incident on Monday occurred just hours before Haiti?s ruling presidential council was set to swear in a new prime minister, businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime, after ousting Prime Minister Garry Conille in an executive order that was leaked on Sunday and published on the council?s X account early Monday morning.
Armed gangs reportedly opened hearth on the Spirit Airways airplane touring from Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince (Image: X/@_01 Katarina)

‘One Flight Attendant on board reported minor accidents and is being evaluated by medical personnel,’ an airline consultant advised NBC Information.

‘No Visitor accidents have been reported.’

The flight attendant suffered minor accidents and their id was not instantly launched.

Pictures confirmed a number of bullet holes on an overhead bin part and different components of the plane.


Photo zeroing in on two bullet holes in a Spirit Airlines cabin
The incident on Monday occurred simply hours earlier than Haiti’s ruling presidential council was set to swear in a brand new prime minister, businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime (Image: X/@_01 Katarina)

Passengers have been flown again to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport later the identical day on a special airplane.

The punctured airplane has been taken out of service.

Following the incident, the US Embassy within the Haitian capital said in an alert to Americans on the flight that it was ‘conscious of gang-led efforts to dam journey to and from Port-au-Prince which can embody armed violence, and disruptions to roads, ports and airports’.

‘The safety scenario in Haiti is unpredictable and harmful,’ learn the message.


Multiple bullet holes on a section of overhead bins on a Spirit Airlines plane
Photograph zeroing in on two bullet holes in a Spirit Airways cabin (Image: X/@_01 Katarina)

‘Journey inside Haiti is carried out at your individual danger. The US authorities can not assure your security touring to airports, borders, or throughout any onward journey.’

Spirit has suspended flights to Haiti amid an ‘analysis’ of the incident.

American Airways has additionally introduced it’s suspending flights from Miami to Port-au-Prince, and JetBlue’s web site said it was waiving cancelation charges from Monday to Saturday whereas ‘anticipating disruptions in Haiti on account of civil unrest’.

Armed gangs have fired at aircrafts just lately, together with at a United Nations helicopter final month. Fils-Aime assumed energy over the weekend after Garry Conille lasted as prime minister for less than six months.

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