The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday announced it is banning all civilian flights to Haiti for 30 days after gunfire struck at least two passenger jets at the Port-au-Prince airport this week.
The FAA issued a Notice to Air Mission, or NOTAM, prohibiting U.S. civil aviation operations in the territory and airspace of Haiti below 10,000 feet for 30 days.
A Spirit Airlines flight destined for the Haitian capital was struck by gunfire on Monday, forcing it to be diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic, while a JetBlue Airways flight returning from Port-au-Prince was discovered with bullet damage after arriving in New York….