Spirit Airlines said there was “evidence of damage to the aircraft consistent with gunfire.”
A Spirit Airlines flight was hit by gunfire while trying to land in Haiti, the airline and federal officials said Monday.
The flight was en route from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince when it had to be diverted to Santiago in the Dominican Republic, Spirit told Newsweek.
Following the flight’s arrival in Santiago, “an inspection revealed evidence of damage to the aircraft consistent with gunfire”, Spirit’s statement said
The Federal Aviation Administration told Newsweek that the flight landed safely at the Santiago de los Caballeros’ airport at around 11:30 a.m. The FAA confirmed that the plane “was reportedly damaged by gunfire while trying to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-Au-Prince.”
Spirit said that one flight attendant on the plane suffered minor injuries and is being medically evaluated. No passengers were injured. Neither Spirit nor the FAA identified the source of the gunfire.
