11/13/2024

FAA Bans U.S. Flights to Haiti for 30 Days after Planes Struck by Gunfire

Militia gangs recently fired on an inbound flight from Fort Lauderdale

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned U.S. flights to Haiti for 30 days in the wake of Monday's gunfire incidents, according to a Notice to Air Mission issued Tuesday.

"U.S. 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 it was struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, according to the the Haitian National Office of Civil Aviation.

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