Spirit Airlines Flight Gunfire Haiti
On Tuesday, April 5, 2023, a Spirit Airlines flight from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was forced to make an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic after reports of gunfire on board.
According to the airline, the flight was carrying 102 passengers and six crew members when a passenger in the cabin fired a gun. The flight crew immediately took the plane into a rapid descent and landed at Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The passenger who fired the gun was taken into custody by Dominican authorities. No one on board was injured.
Spirit Airlines released a statement saying that they are “cooperating fully with law enforcement and airport authorities to investigate this incident.”
The incident is the latest in a string of incidents involving gunfire on passenger planes. In January 2023, a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix after a passenger allegedly fired a gun. In December 2022, a Frontier Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta after a passenger allegedly threatened to blow up the plane.
The incidents have raised concerns about the safety of air travel. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has increased the number of air marshals on flights and has implemented new screening procedures for passengers.
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