The Federal Aviation Administration has banned flights to Haiti due to escalating gang violence.
A police officer looks on during an exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. The ban covers the next 30 days and comes after gangs shot at three planes, hitting a Spirit Airlines jet as it was landing in the capital of Port-au-Prince last week,One flight attendant was injured and the airport was shutdown. The United Nations also temporarily suspended flights to the country.
The latest wave of violence came as Haiti swore in a new appointed prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé after thesome 3,600 people in Haiti have been killed in the unrest in Haiti since January and more than 500,00 have been forced to leave their homes.Last Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince issued a security alert saying it was “aware of gang-led efforts” to block travel to and from the capital, including armed violence causing disruptions to roads, ports and airports.
The island nation, once a popular travel destination for cruise ships and Caribbean travelers, remains under the State Department’s highest warning – a level 4 – “do not travel” designation due to ongoing gang violence.
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