FAA Blocks Flights To Haiti After Spirit, JetBlue Planes Face Gunfire

by · Forbes

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The Federal Aviation Administration has banned all U.S. airlines and commercial operators from conducting flights into Haiti for the next month, after a Spirit Airlines and JetBlue flight were struck by gunfire at Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport Monday as the country reels from a surge in gang violence.

A Spirit Airlines that departed from Florida was struck by gunfire Monday while attempting to land ... [+] at Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Getty Images

Key Facts

U.S. airlines and commercial operators are banned from flying below 10,000 feet in Haiti for at least the next thirty days, the FAA announced Tuesday.

The FAA’s prohibition has limited exceptions for emergency situations “requiring immediate decision and action for the safety of the flight.”

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