CNN: Airlines Cancel Flights to Haiti After Gunfire Hits Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Planes

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MUNTEAN: "Pretty terrifying and pretty significant here, John. You know, other airlines are now shuttering their flights to Haiti, and now the U.S. Government is on high alert here. The U.S. embassy in Haiti just published a warning to travelers saying it is aware of what it calls gang-led efforts to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince. The security situation, it says, in Haiti is unpredictable and dangerous. The embassy says travel within Haiti is conducted at your own risk. Remember, Haiti has been in a state of unrest for months. A new prime minister was just warning yesterday, historically, commercial flights have been hit by gunfire before, but it is likely unprecedented that flights have been hit back-to-back. This was the scene on Spirit Airlines flight 951. You can see the bullet holes there created as this flight was apparently about to land in Port-au-Prince. The crew aborted the landing, pulled up and diverted to safety, ultimately landing at the Santiago airport in the Dominican Republic. Spirit says one flight attendant received minor injuries, but thankfully, no passengers were hurt. We are also now hearing from JetBlue that it discovered a bullet hole in one of its planes leaving Haiti. JetBlue says flight 935 from Haiti landed at New York‘s JFK without any problems, but after landing yesterday, a crew inspected the plane and found that it had been apparently struck by a bullet. JetBlue says, 'We are actively investigating this incident in collaboration with the relevant authorities.' Now, it goes without saying that both JetBlue and Spirit have suspended their flights to Haiti.”