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The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would bar US airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days in the wake of the shootings by gangs on two of its planes. She said the United Nations would temporarily suspend flights to Port au Prince.
Port au Prince (Haiti). The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would bar US airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days in the wake of the shootings by gangs on two of its planes. She said the United Nations would temporarily suspend flights to Port au Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming to Haiti. As a Spirit Airlines plane was about to land in the Haitian capital on Monday, a crew member was injured by gunfire and the airport was closed.
Photos and video of the incident obtained by The Associated Press show bullet holes inside the plane. On Tuesday, JetBlue Airlines announced that its plane had also been shot at while landing in Port au Prince on Monday. A wave of violence erupted in Haiti as a new Prime Minister was sworn in after a tumultuous political process.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said it had received reports of 20 armed clashes and humanitarian supplies being halted due to road blockades amid violence in Haiti on Monday. Port au Prince airport will remain closed until November 18. Dujarric said the United Nations would divert planes to the country’s other airport, Cap Haitien. This airport, located in the north of the country, is more peaceful.
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