JetBlue plane comes under gunfire while taking off from Haiti hours after attack on Spirit Airlines flight
Daily MailA second US airline was strafed by bullets in the skies over Hawaii on Monday. JetBlue flight 935 from Port-au-Prince to New York City was struck by a bullet shortly after takeoff, around the same time a Spirit Airlines plane was also attacked over the Haitian capital. The above images show an apparent bullet hole on the plane's fuselage A post-flight inspection revealed the JetBlue plane had been hit by gunfire. Images show bullet holes inside a Spirit Airlines flight that was diverted after it was struck by gunfire as it prepared to land in Haiti on Monday A passenger shared images of the bullet holes aboard the Spirit Airlines flight Monday's incidents prompted US airlines to temporarily suspend operations in Haiti as the country swore in a new interim prime minister who promised to restore peace. The state department said in September that a 'focal point' of gang attacks are concentrated at the Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture in the commune of Port-Au-Prince But on September 18, the US State Department updated the advisory with details about the risk of traveling - including kidnapping, mob violence and armed robberies.
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