PORT-AU-PRINCE—A Spirit Airlines flight destined for the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was struck by gunfire on Monday, forcing it to be diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic.
Spirit said in a statement that the plane had been damaged and taken out of commission upon landing in the northern Dominican city of Santiago.
A flight attendant was injured in the incident, Spirit said. The Miami Herald had reported that the attendant was grazed by a bullet.
No passengers were injured, Spirit added.
A video circulating on social media, which appears to have been taken by a Spirit employee but which Reuters was unable to immediately verify, shows where a bullet had come through near the back exit door to then strike the overhead bin across the aisle.
All flights in and out of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince have been halted, the U.S. embassy to the Caribbean nation said in a travel advisory.
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The embassy “is aware of gang-led efforts to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince which may include armed violence, and disruptions to roads, ports and airports,” it said.
Spirit said that it had suspended flights to Port-au-Prince and…
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