FAA considers Haiti travel ban after planes struck by gunfire

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The Federal Aviation Administration will decide whether to ban flights to Haiti on Tuesday after gunmen shot at two different flights attempting to land there.

As of Monday, the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is closed due to the gun violence. This came after a gunshot reportedly struck a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as it was landing on the runway, forcing it to divert to the Dominican Republic’s Cibao International Airport.

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