The armed gangs controlling much of Haiti’s capital had shot at two passenger planes
The US has enacted a 30-day moratorium on all flights to Haiti after two commercial airplanes were attacked at the Port-au-Prince international airport. The UN has also suspended flights into the Caribbean country.
Haiti has descended into anarchy and violence since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021. A Kenyan police mission backed by the UN has been unable to subdue the armed gangs that are now controlling most of the capital.
The UN said on Tuesday it would suspend flights into Haiti for security reasons, “obviously limiting the flow of humanitarian aid and humanitarian personnel into the country.”
That announcement came after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice to all US-based airlines that Haiti was temporarily off-limits, citing Monday’s incident at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport.
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