FAA prohibits US airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after planes shot by gangs The move comes a day after a Spirit Airlines flight to Haiti was hit by gunfire and two planes coming to the U ...

That violence is what caused the FAA to ban flights for at least 30 days to and from the country after a Spirit Airlines flight was shot at seven times in Port-au-Prince before returning to Fort ...

The airport in Port-au-Prince closed in mid-November for the second time last year after gangs opened fire on a Spirit Airlines flight as it was preparing to land.

Other commercial planes were hit that day, prompting Spirit, JetBlue and American Airlines to cancel their flights to Port-au-Prince. None of those flights have resumed.

In addition to AA819, a JetBlue flight departing Haiti for New York was also hit by gunfire. Like the American incident, damage was not noticed until the aircraft arrived in New York and a post ...