From the article: … Meanwhile: Spirit Airlines and JetBlue planes struck by gunfire in Haiti
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Haiti’s ruling presidential council has fired the country’s prime minister, Garry Conille, after barely six months and named businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé to replace him in an act that some political leaders say is illegal.
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Conille was appointed by the council in May after its seven voting members and two observers considered several applicants, which also included Fils-Aimé, for the job. By June, Conille had put in place a new cabinet. But since then he has struggled to get along with much of the council, whose members represent parties preparing to go into the next election.
Though each side blames the other for the lack of progress in Haiti, the council and the prime minister have failed to make significant inroads in the country’s deepening humanitarian, economic and security challenges. A wave of gang violence has more Haitians facing famine, thousands forced into displacement camps and and increasing number of neighborhoods falling under gang control despite the presence of an armed international force in the country.
The latest crisis has been brewing for weeks, with members of the transitional council failing to heed calls by the Biden administration to end the political infighting. The tensions finally hit a peak Thursday and Friday after an attempt by the Organization of American States to broker talks between Conille and Voltaire went nowhere.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement that the Spirit Airlines flight landed safely in the Dominican Republic "after the plane was reportedly damaged by gunfire while trying to land" at the Port-au-Prince airport.
Two other flights headed for Toussaint Louverture Airport were also diverted "as a precaution," the FAA said in its statement, adding that the airport was now closed.
All airlines have temporarily suspended flights at Touissant Louverture Airport, OFNAC told ABC News.
On Monday, a JetBlue flight from Haiti to New York City was also hit by a bullet, the airline said in a statement to ABC News.
After the JetBlue flight 935 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a post-flight inspection identified that the exterior of the aircraft had been struck by a bullet.
JetBlue said they are suspending all flights to and from Haiti through Dec. 2 due to the civil unrest in the country.
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Spirit Airlines and JetBlue planes struck by gunfire in Haiti