Spirit Airlines A320 Hit By Gunfire Attempting To Land In Haiti

Spirit Airlines A320neo

A Spirit Airlines A320neo (not the aircraft in the incident).

Credit: Robin Guess / Alamy Stock Photo
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo was hit by gunfire while attempting to land at Touissant L’Overture Airport (PAP) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 11, forcing the aircraft to be diverted to the Dominican Republic and the airport to ground flights. After the aircraft landed safely at Cibao...
Aaron Karp

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