The Spirit Airlines flight got diverted to the Dominican Republic at a Santiago airport where it landed securely. A team member on the airplane saw “minor injuries” and the airplane has consideringthat been taken out of air service, according to authorities. But no other injuries were reported. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 11 (UPI) — A Spirit Airlines flight was struck by shooting while trying to land in Haiti and a team member continual “minor injuries,” authorities stated Monday.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines’ Flight 951 apparently was struck by shooting while it tried land in the Haitian capitol of Port-au-Prince after it left bymeansof Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
It was diverted to the Dominican Republic at a Santiago airport, where it landed securely. A team member on the aircraft knowledgeable “minor injuries” and the airplane has because been taken out of air service, according to authorities.
No other injuries were reported.
A source with the National Airport Authority stated the aircraft was approximately one mile from the regional airport above Clercin — one of the understood battlefields in Haiti’s continuous gang war — when it was fired at.
According to a CNN diplomatic source in Haiti, its primary global airport, the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, has briefly stoppedbriefly its operations.
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti states it was “aware of gang-led efforts to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince which might consistof armed violence, and interruptions to roadways, ports, and airports,” according