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Airlines suspend Haiti flights after gunfire incident

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Report states that several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince on Monday.

The Spirit Airlines Flight from Florida was diverted to the neighbouring Dominican Republic, where it landed safely at Santiago Airport.

According to the report, a flight attendant suffered minor injuries but no passengers were hurt in the attack which is the second attack in three weeks on aircraft flying over Haiti capital.

The incident comes as a new prime minister, Alix Fils-Aimé, took over office in the crisis-hit country, which has been plagued by armed gangs and escalating violence with the priority of restoring security.

Resulting from the incident, Spirit airline have suspended flights to Haiti pending further evaluation as well as two other US airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue, who also suspended flights to Haiti until at least Thursday.

Recall that the security situation in Haiti further deteriorated in recent months with the gang members opening fire at a UN helicopter in October, causing some airlines to temporarily cancel flights to the Caribbean nation.

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