Two American planes were shot down in Haiti. A Spirit flight from Florida (see video above) was struck by gunfire during its approach to Toussaint Louverture Airport on Monday. The damage to a JetBlue plane was only discovered after landing in New York.
The plane’s tires were already on the ground, the Miami Herald reported, citing a passenger. The pilot then circled over the capital Port-au-Prince several times before flying to Santiago in the Dominican Republic, the report said. One crew member is said to have been slightly injured.
Aviation authorities have banned flights to Haiti
After seeing the damage to the JetBlue plane, the US Aviation Authority has issued a ban on all flights from the US to Haiti until November 18, the Miami Herald reports. Why and who shot remained unclear.
You can see more photos of the damage to the Spirit machine in this post:
Capital under gang control
Haiti is the poorest country on the American continent and has suffered for years from violence from heavily armed gangs that largely control Port-au-Prince. According to media reports, a new prime minister was appointed on Monday. Businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé will replace Garry Conille, who has served in the interim government, the Caribbean state’s interim presidential council reportedly said in a decree.
A multinational security mission led by Kenya is currently working to restore law and order in Haiti. The security mission with a planned 3,000 troops was approved by the UN Security Council in October last year. The first Kenyan police officers only arrived in Haiti in June; so far there are only a few hundred.
Source: Krone
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