All UN flights to Haiti suspended due to worsening situatio

13/11/2024 6:47

        All UN flights to Haiti have been suspended after commercial jetliners were struck by gunfire and violence worsened in the country, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday.
        
        A commercial flight of U.S. Spirit Airlines was shot at by gunfire when it was approaching the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Monday, which forced it to be diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic. A flight attendant was injured.
        
        On the same day, a JetBlue Airways flight returning from Port-au-Prince was found with bullet damage after arriving in New York.
        
        According to the UN partners, armed groups took to the streets in the capital, with at least 20 armed clashes reported and several roadblocks erected, limiting movement across the city, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN chief, told reporters.