A Spirit Airlines flight from Florida was damaged by gunfire en route to Haiti and diverted to the neighboring country of the Dominican Republic, the airline said.

Haiti. The plane was just “hundreds of feet” from the runway when shots hit the aircraft and left a flight attendant with minor injuries, reports the Guardian. The shooting forced authorities to divert the plane to the Dominican Republic and the ...

The move comes after a Spirit Airlines plane was hit by gunfire and had to reroute to the Dominican Republic. Haiti was cut off from the rest of the world a result of spiralling gang violence.United States aviation authorities prohibited all civilian flights to Haiti for a month on Tuesday.