(Bloomberg) -- American Airlines Group Inc. said a flight departing Haiti’s capital was hit by a bullet on Monday, making it the latest US carrier to sustain damage from a chaotic gang war in the Caribbean country.
American Flight 819 landed safely in Miami and no one on board was injured, the carrier said in a statement. A post-flight inspection discovered that the exterior of the aircraft had been impacted by a bullet.
The carrier suspended flights between Miami and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, through mid-February. Spirit Airlines Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp. have also halted service after their jets were hit by gunfire on Monday.
A Spirit flight traveling from Fort Lauderdale was diverted to the Dominican Republic after the plane was struck by bullets as it tried to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport — causing minor injuries to a flight attendant. A JetBlue flight from Haiti to New York was also struck by a bullet.
The Federal Aviation Administration earlier on Tuesday banned US civil aviation operations in the region for 30 days.
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